Qing+Pi+(Green+Tangerine+Peel)

[[image:qing_pi.jpg width="128" height="317" align="right"]]Qing Pi (Green Tangerine Peel) ["Blue-Green Peel"]
Nature : Warm Flavors: Acrid, Bitter Channels: LR, GB, ST

Functions: **Free Liver Qi** and move Qi; disperse accumulation & eliminate food retention Indications: 1. Costal & hypochondriac pain, breast pain & lower abdominal pain radiating to external genital area due to **Liver Qi stagnation** 2. Distending pain in the epigastrium due to food retention 3. **Masses or lumps** due to stagnant Qi and blood stasis **[Strongly directs downward]**

Dosage: 3-10g. Contra: Cautiously used in Qi deficiency