靑橘皮 Peureun Gyul (프른 귤)

Original, read line by line 東醫寶鑑 · Tangaek — Decoctions vol. 2

1. 性溫, 味苦, 無毒. 主氣滯. 下食, 破積結及膈氣. 《本草》

   Its nature is warm, its taste bitter, and it is non-toxic. It addresses stagnant qi. It brings food down and breaks up knotted jeok (積, accumulations) and gyeokgi (膈氣, qi blocked at the diaphragm). 《Boncho (本草)》

   HomiclubCheonggyulpi is the peel of an unripe, still-green tangerine. It comes from the same tree as jinpi, the dried peel of ripe fruit, but is gathered at a different time and so carries a different name.

2. 形小而色靑, 故一名靑皮. 足厥陰引經藥, 又入手少陽經. 氣短者禁用. 消積, 定痛, 醋炒. 《入門》

   Because it is small in form and green in color it is also named cheongpi (靑皮). It is a channel-guiding medicine for the foot gwoleum, and it also enters the hand soyang channel. Its use is forbidden for those short of breath. To dissolve accumulations and settle pain, it is stir-fried with vinegar. 《Immun (入門)》

3. 陳皮味辛, 理上氣, 靑皮味苦, 理下氣, 二味俱用, 散三焦氣也. 宜去白用. 《易老》

   Jinpi is pungent and governs the qi above, while cheongpi is bitter and governs the qi below; used together the two disperse the qi of the samcho (三焦, triple burner). It is proper to scrape off the white before use. 《Yeongno (易老)》

4. 今之靑橘, 似黃橘而小, 別是一種耳. 收之, 去肉暴乾. 《本草》

   The blue tangerine of the present day resembles the yellow tangerine but is smaller; it is simply a separate kind. Once gathered, the flesh is removed and the peel dried in the sun. 《Boncho (本草)》

5. 靑皮, 乃肝膽二經之藥, 人多怒, 脇下有鬱積, 最效. 《正傳》

   Cheongpi is a medicine of the two channels of liver and gallbladder; it is most effective when a person is often angry and has uljeok (鬱積, pent-up accumulation) below the ribs. 《Jeongjeon (正傳)》