Chen Pi

Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chenpi) Dried Tangerine Peel Dried Tangerine Peel is the dried pericarp of the ripe fruit of Citrus reticulata Blanco or its cultivars (Fam. Rutaceae). The drug is subdivided into two classes, known respectively as \"Chenpi\", and \"Guang Chenpi\". The pericarp is peeled off when the fruit is ripe and dried in the sun or at a low temperature. Description Chenpi often peeled in several lobes connecting at the base, or in irregular slices, 1-4 mm thick. Outer surface orange-red to reddish-brown, with fine wrinkles and sunken oil cavity spots; inner surface pale yellowish-white, rough, bearing yellowish-white or yellowish-brown vein-like vascular bundles. Texture slightly hard and fragile. Odour, aromatic; taste, pungent and bitter. Guang Chenpi often in three lobes connected at the base, regular in shape and even in thickness, about 1 mm thick. The sunken oil cavity spots relatively large, transparent when observed against light. Texture slightly soft. Iden