Oranges and dried tangerines are commonly used Chinese herbal medicines with antitussive and expectorant effects, which are similar in appearance and often confused. There is a difference between the two.

1, the processing technology is different, dried tangerine peel is made of orange peel, and it can be used after one year. Oranges are a part of tangerine peel, which is made by removing the white things from the orange peel and drying them in the sun.

2, the effect is different, the effect of oranges is warm and dry, which can play a role in dispelling cold. Can be used for treating cough caused by exogenous wind-cold. Pericarpium Citri Tangerinae has good effects of regulating qi, eliminating dampness, resolving phlegm, regulating qi and regulating middle energizer, and has good curative effect on cough and asthma caused by dyspepsia and phlegm-dampness.

3, different shapes, tangerine peel slices are generally strip-shaped, oranges are thin and fragile.