Difference between Huazhou Tangerine Red and Xinhui Chenpi

The main difference between Huazhou Tangerine Red and Xinhui Chenpi lies in the definition and the difference in medicinal effects and traits. 1. Definition: Huazhou Tangerine Red is the dried fruit peel of Huazhou Pomelo, a plant of the Rutaceae family. And Xinhui Chenpi is the dried rind of tangerine in the family of Rutaceae. Both raw materials are not the same thing. 2. Efficacy: Huaganghong is bitter and warm in nature, with the effect of regulating qi and relaxing the middle (regulating the qi of the spleen and stomach), drying dampness and resolving phlegm (removing phlegm in the body by drying dampness of the drug). It is often used for coughing and phlegm, food stagnation (the accumulation of food in the stomach due to indigestion) and wine, vomiting, malaise and constipation. Chenpi is bitter in flavor and warm in nature, and has the effect of strengthening the spleen and resolving phlegm. It is often used for symptoms such as distention and fullness in the epigastrium (abdomen), poor digestion and vomiting, cough and phlegm. 3. Characteristics: Huaganghong medicine is generally presented as a rounded block, the color is slightly white in the middle, and the color gradually deepens to brown outward. And Xinhui Chenpi is usually irregularly sliced, gray-brown color. Although there is a certain difference between the two, they both have a certain role in drying dampness and resolving phlegm (removing phlegm from the body with drugs that dry dampness). It should be noted that people with dry phlegm in Qi and Yin deficiencies should not take either medicine. Regardless of which Chinese medicine is used, medical advice should be followed before use.