Hwa Tangerine Red has a pungent and bitter flavor and can treat phlegm-dampness obstruction syndrome, etc.
Hwa Tangerine Hong is generally the immature or nearly mature outer pericarp of Huazhou Pomelo or Pomelo, a plant of the Rutaceae family. It belongs to the lung and spleen meridians and is pungent, bitter and warm in nature.
Hua Tangerine Red can regulate qi and broaden the middle (regulating the qi of the spleen and stomach), dry dampness and resolve phlegm (dispelling dampness by drying dampness and resolving phlegm), therefore, it is often used to treat cough, phlegm with a lot of whitish color, chest and epigastric plumpness (feeling of fullness and suffocating sensation in the chest and abdomen), and limb drowsiness and heaviness (weakness of the limbs and sinking of the hair), caused by phlegm obstruction and stagnation of qi.
The adverse effects and contraindications of this drug are not clear, and Chinese medicines should be taken under the guidance of a TCM doctor, not on one’s own. If you feel unwell, it is recommended that you go to the hospital in time to avoid delaying your condition.