This product is the dried mature seed of the Rutaceae plant Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivated varieties. The fruit is collected when ripe, cleaned, and sun-dried.
NMM ID | nmm-00jz |
Systematic Name | Citrus reticulata Seed |
Systematic Chinese Name | 柑橘种子（gān jú zhǒng zi） |
Generic Name | Ju-he |
Generic Chinese Name | 橘核（jú hé） |
NMM Type | plant |
Species Origins | Citrus reticulata | 柑橘 |
Medicinal Parts | seed | 种子 |
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Systematic Name Explanation | This product is the dried mature seed of the Rutaceae plant Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivated varieties. The fruit is collected when ripe, cleaned, and sun-dried. |
Generic Name Explanation | NMMGN follows the Chinese name of the relevant Chinese medicinal materials in the Chinese Pharmacopoeia: 2020 edition: Volume I. |
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橘核
English text reference: Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2020 Edition)
Overview
Tangerine Seed is the dried mature seed of Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivated varieties (Fam. Rutaceae). The fruit is collected when ripe, cleaned, and dried.
Description
Seeds slightly ovate, 0.8-1.2 cm long, 0.4-0.6 cm in diameter. Surface pale yellowish-white or pale grayish-white, smooth, with a ridge line on one side, one end bluntly rounded, the other end gradually tapering into a small stalk. Outer seed coat thin and tough, inner seed coat thin and pale brown, cotyledons 2, yellowish-green, oily. Odour, slight; taste, bitter.
Identification
Transverse section of the seed: epidermal cells of the seed coat form a layer of mucilage cells; below it is a row of thick-walled cells arranged in a lattice, with the outer wall intact or the upper end in the form of a tail-like projection, the wall thick or thin and uneven, lignified, with cross-shaped or oblique pits; pigment layer cells contain orange-yellow or yellow-brown substances, and contain calcium oxalate prisms, 7-16 μm in diameter. Endosperm cells 3-4 rows, some walls thickened in a bead-like manner, containing fat droplets. Cotyledon cells contain small clusters or prisms of calcium oxalate, fat droplets, and needle-like hesperidin crystals.
Prepared Tangerine Seed
Tangerine Seed
Processing
Remove impurities, wash, and dry. Crush before use.
Description
Same as the crude drug.
Salted Tangerine Seed
Processing
Salted Tangerine Seed: Take clean Tangerine Seed, stir-fry with salt water according to the method of stir-frying with salt water (General Rule 0213), and dry. Crush before use.
Description
The drug is shaped like a Tangerine Seed. Cotyledons are pale brown or yellowish-green, with few pale green ones. Odour, slight; taste, slightly salty and bitter.
Property
Neutral.
Flavor
Bitter.
Meridian tropism
Enters the Liver and Kidney meridians.
Actions
Soothes the liver qi, disperses stagnation, and relieves pain.
Indications
Used for pain due to hernia, testicular swelling and pain, and breast abscess and breast lumps.
Dosage
3-9g.
Administration
None.
Storage
Store in a dry place, protected from mold and insects.
Note: The main cultivated varieties include Citrus reticulata ‘Dahongpao’ and Citrus reticulata ‘Tangerina’.
橘核
Text reference: Chinese Pharmacopoeia (2015 Edition)
Overview
Tangerine Seed is the dried ripe seed of Citrus reticulata Blanco and its other cultivates (Fam. Rutaceae). The drug is collected after the fruit ripened, washed clean, and dried in the sun.
Description
Slightly ovoid, 8-12 mm long, 4-6 mm in diameter. Externally pale yellowish-white or pale greyish-white, smoothy, with raphe line on one side, one end obtuse-rounded and the other end acuminate and small stalk-shaped. Testa thin, tenacious; endotesta thin, pale brown, cotyledons 2, yello-wish-green, oily. Odour, slight; taste, bitter.
Identification
Transverse section: Epidermal cells of testa consisting of rows of mucilage cells, with 1 row of palisade-arranged sclerenchymatous cells underneath, outer walls even or with a tail-like convex at the upper end, cell walls lignified, with cross-shaped or diagonal pits and uneven in thickness; cells of pigment layer containing orange-yellow or yellowish-brown contents and prisms of calcium oxalate, 7-16 μm in diameter. Endosperm cells 3-4 rows, some cell walls beaded, containing oil droplets. Cotyledon cells containing fine clusters or prisms of calcium oxalate, oil droplets and rosette crystals of hesperidin.
Prepared slices
Tangerine Seed
Processing
Eliminate foreign matter, wash clean, and dry. Break into pieces before use.
Tangerine Seed (processed with salt)
Processing
Stir-bake the clean Tangerine Seed as described under the method for stir-baking with salt <0213> to dryness and break into pieces before use.
Property
Bitter.
Flavor
Neutral.
Meridian tropism
Liver and kidney meridians.
Actions
To regulate qi, dissipate bind, and relieve pain.
Indications
Pain caused by genital disease, testis swelling and pain, acute mastitis, and mammary hyperplasia.
Dosage
3-9 g.
Administration
N/A
Storage
Preserve in a dry place, and protect from mould and moth.
Note
The main cultivaries are Citrus reticulate ‘Dahongpao’ and Citrus reticulate ‘tangerina’.
This product is the dried mature seed of the Rutaceae plant Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivated varieties. The fruit is collected when ripe, cleaned, and sun-dried.