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Name (CN)	香橼 (Xiāng yuán)
Synonyms (CN)	香圆、香元、香元皮、香橼皮、枸橼、香橼片、钩缘干、香泡树、柑枸橼
Name (EN)	Citri Fructus, Citron Fruit
Scientific name(s)	Citrus Medica L., Citrus Medica, Lcitrus Wilsonii Tanaka, Citri Fructus
Used section	Ripe fruits
Taste	Spicy、Bitter、Sour
Channel Tropism	Induce in the liver, spleen and lung meridians.
Cold/Hot properties	Warm
Group	Plant [Fruits And Products]

Origin	The dried ripe fruit of Citrus medica L. or Citrus wilsonii Tanaka, family Rutaceae.
Function and treatment	Relieving liver and qi, broadening the middle of the body and resolving phlegm. Used for liver and stomach stagnation, chest distension and pain, abdominal fullness, vomiting and yelping, cough with phlegm.
Origin and best harvesting period	Produced in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hubei, Sichuan, Shaanxi and other provinces. The ripe fruits are picked in autumn.

No.	Name(s)
COMP-000004	β-sitosterol; beta-sitosterol; phytosterol; azuprostat; sitosterol; a840577
COMP-000015	citrostadienol; α1-sitosterol
COMP-000022	lupeol
COMP-000060	glucose; d-glucose
COMP-000182	rutin; quercetin 3-rutinoside; rutoside; a809400; quercetin 3-o-rutinoside; rutine; vitamin p
COMP-000191	2-hydroxy-4-methoxybenzoic acid
COMP-000193	acacetin
COMP-000210	nicotinamide; vitamin b; vitamin pp
COMP-000230	dihydro-n-caffeoyltyramine
COMP-000385	d-limonene; (r)-limonene
COMP-000386	citral; ( e)-citral; geranial; (e)-citral; 2,6-octadienal, 3,7-dimethyl-, (e)-
COMP-000556	citropten; 5,7-dimethoxycoumarin; limettin
COMP-000830	3,7-dimethyl-1,6-octadien-3-ol; linalool; beta-linalool; linalol; 1,6-octadien-3-ol, 3,7-dimethyl-
COMP-001045	alpha-ylangene; α-ylangene
COMP-001492	imperatorin
COMP-001513	isoimperatorin
COMP-001558	diosmetin
COMP-001562	scoparone; 6,7-dimethoxycoumarin
COMP-001757	betulinic acid; betulic acid
COMP-001777	succinic acid
COMP-001800	citric acid
COMP-001834	n-nornuciferine
COMP-001854	asimilobine
COMP-001867	d-ascorbic acid
COMP-001941	hesperetin 7-neohesperidoside