Sanhu Tangerine Peel

Sanhu Tangerine Peel

　　Sanhu Tangerine Peel is a specialty of Sanhu Town, Xingan County, Ji'an City, Jiangxi Province. "Sanhu Tangerine Peel" is a premium medicinal product cultivated by the ancestors of Xingan, renowned both at home and abroad.

　　Sanhu Tangerine Peel enjoys widespread fame. Tangerine peel is the dried, mature fruit peel of the Rutaceae plant Citrus and its cultivated varieties, primarily containing volatile oils. It has a bitter and pungent taste and a warm nature. Bitterness can purge and dry, pungency can disperse, and warmth can harmonize. Therefore, tangerine peel has the effects of regulating qi and strengthening the spleen, as well as drying dampness and resolving phlegm. It is mainly used to treat chest and epigastric distension, poor appetite, vomiting and diarrhea, and excessive cough with phlegm. It is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine.