Green Tangerine Peel

Traditional Use

Primary Actions

• Spreads Liver Qi and breaks stagnant Qi - Qing Pi is classically used for pronounced Liver constraint with distending hypochondriac pain, breast tenderness, mood frustration, or wiry excess patterns.
• Dissipates clumps and reduces focal distention - traditional indications include breast lumps, hernia-type pain, epigastric masses, and fixed distention caused by constrained or knotted Qi.
• Transforms food stagnation and relieves abdominal fullness - it is stronger and more dispersing than Chen Pi and is chosen when food retention and Qi blockage are more stubborn.

Secondary Actions

• Qing Pi and Chen Pi come from the same Citrus source but are harvested at different stages; Qing Pi is sharper, more forceful, and more Liver-Gallbladder directed because it comes from the immature peel.
• SOURCE NOTE: this record covers the standard Qing Pi medicine and keeps the smaller related Xiao Qing Pi record separate rather than collapsing the two immature-peel entries together.

Classic Formulas

• Tian Tai Wu Yao San - Qing Pi helps move Liver Qi and relieve severe lower-abdominal or hernia-type pain.
• Qing Pi San - a classic naming formula that highlights the herb's role in dispersing constrained Qi and reducing distending pain.
• Mu Xiang Bing Lang Wan - Qing Pi contributes to stronger movement of intestinal and middle-burner stagnation when fullness and obstruction are prominent.

Classical References

• Me & Qi and standard herb references describe Qing Pi as bitter, acrid, and warm, entering the Liver, Gallbladder, and Stomach to spread Liver Qi, break stagnant Qi, and dissipate clumps.
• Traditional processing notes distinguish Ge Qing Pi and Si Hua Qing Pi by harvest form, reflecting that immature-peel specifications are not perfectly interchangeable.
• Compared with Chen Pi, Qing Pi is harsher and more dispersing, so it is favored in excess Qi stagnation rather than in simple damp-phlegm or gentle digestive support.