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title: "Qing Pi"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/566/qing-pi"
---

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# Qing Pi

### Citri reticulatae viride Pericarpium

_acrid, bitter, warm_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Regulate Qi**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Abdominal distention
- Chest pain
- Hypochondriac pain
- Bulging disorders
- Stagnation
 - Food stagnation
 - Blood stagnation

Qing Pi is bitter, acrid, and warm. It enters the liver, stomach, and
gallbladder systems and is especially useful in treating liver qi
stagnation related pathologies such as herniation, hypochondriac
pain, and liver overacting on digestion patterns. It treats blood
stagnation that has been produced by severe stagnation of qi.

**Channels:** liver, stomach, gallbladder

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Angina pain
- Stomachache
- Difficulty in lactation
- Herniation
- Splenomegaly
- Hepatitis

**Formulas:**
- Ge Hua Jie Cheng San
- Hao Zao Yu Hu Tang
- Mu Xiang Bing Lang Wan
- Mu Xiang Liu Qi Yin
- Qing Zao Run Chang Tang
- Shu Gan Tang
- Tian Tai Wu Yao San
- Xia Ru Yong Quan San
- Zhou Che Wan

**Contraindications:** Qing Pi strongly moves the qi and should
be prescribed cautiously to patients with patterns of qi
deficiency

**Zoo Image:** a beaver with a music note on his belly is hitting the liver qi bell
with a hamburger hammer

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