Green Tangerine peel is the dried pericarp of the young or immature fruits of Citrus reticulata Blanco and its cultivars (Fam. Rutaceae). The fallen young fruit is collected in May and June, dried in the sun and this drug is known commonly as "Geqingpi", the immature fruit is collected in July and August, cut longitudinally into four-valved but connected at the base, removed from the emergence completely and dried in the sun ,this drug is known commonly as "Sihuaqingpi".

Action: To soothe the liver, disintegrate stagnated qi, and remove retained food.

Indications: Distending pain in the chest and costal regions; hernia; mass formation in the breast mastitis; abdominal pain due to retention of undigested food.