Citrus aurantium is Xinxing Bitter Descending, which enters the spleen and stomach meridian, and can not only break the gas and remove the lumps, but also eliminate the accumulation and stagnation, so it can be used to treat gastrointestinal stagnation, and those who do not have a smooth flow of qi. Treatment of food stagnation, stagnant qi, epigastric distension can be used hawthorn, malt, Shenqu and other Chinese herbs.
2 Breaking Qi and removing fullness
Citrus aurantium can move Qi and eliminate stagnation to eliminate lumps, break Qi and remove fullness to relieve pain. It can be added with Allium cepa and Gui Zhi for the treatment of chest paralysis with phlegm obstruction and lack of vitality of chest yang, and can be used with Allium cepa and Gui Zhi for the treatment of chest congestion of phlegm-heat, and can be used with Huang Lian, Gua Lou, and Han Xia for the treatment of platooning under the heart and loss of appetite, and can be used with Han Xia and Hou Pu.
3 Regulation of gastrointestinal smooth muscle
On the gastrointestinal smooth muscle presents a dual function, both excitation of the stomach and intestines, so that peristalsis enhancement, but also has to reduce intestinal smooth muscle tension and antispasmodic effect.
Its water decoction gastric excitation of gastric smooth muscle, isolated intestinal smooth muscle inhibitory effect, significantly reduce its tension, inhibit contraction. This product in high concentration on the intestinal smooth muscle inhibition, low concentration on the intestinal smooth muscle first transient inhibition, and then appeared excitation.
4 Contraction of the uterus
Its aqueous decoction of the rabbit isolated or in vivo uterus, pregnant or non-pregnant uterus, have significant excitatory effect. Contractility and tension are enhanced, and even tonic contractions occur.
Its alkaloids have a contractile effect on the rabbit uterus, and removal of these alkaloids relaxes the uterus.