What is Fructus Aurantii? And Fructus Aurantii has five big differences!

Fructus Aurantii, also known as lime, bitter orange, is a small tree, the fruit is spherical or flat, the color is orange to scarlet, not only can be processed into other products, but also can be dried and used as medicine. So, what exactly is Fructus Aurantii? What is the difference between it and Fructus Aurantii?

What is Fructus Aurantii?

1. Fructus Aurantii is a small tree of Rutaceae and Citrus, with dense branches and leaves, dark green leaves, long spines, flowering period from April to May, fruiting period from September to December, flowers of different sizes, buds oval or nearly spherical, fruit spherical or oblate.

2. Fructus Aurantii is a citrus fruit, which generally refers to lime, with thick pericarp, orange to scarlet, difficult to peel, fruity or semi-full, 10-13 peels, sour pulp, sometimes bitter taste or special smell, and many and large seeds.

3. Fructus Aurantii is a southern tree species, native to the south of the southern slope of Qinling Mountains in China, and distributed in the Yangtze River Basin and provinces in the south of China. It likes the climatic conditions of warm and humid, abundant rainfall and sufficient sunshine. It is widely used as the rootstock of grafted sweet orange and wide-skinned orange.

4. Fructus Aurantii is a widely used fruit. Its fruit juice content is as high as 43%, and its amino acid content is the highest in citrus fruits. It can be processed into beverages, canned fruits, candied fruits, jams, etc., and the peel can extract aromatic oils, pectin and jelly.

5. Fructus Aurantii is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which is the dry immature fruit of lime and its cultivated varieties. it can treat chest and hypochondriac qi stagnation, fullness and pain, stagnation of food, phlegm, gastroptosis, prolapse of anus, uterine prolapse and so on.

Second, what's the difference between Fructus Aurantii and Fructus Aurantii?

Distinction 1, difference between old and young: both are dried fruits of citrus trees and cultivated varieties of Rutaceae, but Fructus Aurantii is a dry immature fruit, which is harvested when the pericarp is still green in July, while Fructus Aurantii is a dry young fruit. it is a self-falling fruit collected from May to June.

Difference 2, different morphology: Fructus Aurantii is hemispherical in diameter, 3~5cm in diameter, brown to brown in exocarp, yellow-white in section, brown to brown in juice sac, hemispherical or spherical in diameter, 0.5~2.5cm in diameter, black-green or dark brown in exocarp, yellow-white or yellowish brown in mesocarp, brown in sac.

Difference 3, the efficacy is different: both are gas fragrance, bitter, bitter, sour, slightly cold, but the effect of Fructus Aurantii is wide in regulating qi, stagnation and distension, while the effect of Fructus Aurantii is to break qi, eliminate phlegm and disperse ruffian, the effect is somewhat similar, but the strength of trifoliate orange is strong, the strength of Fructus Aurantii is slow.

Difference 4, pharmacology is different: their efficacy is similar, but their pharmacological effects are still different. Fructus Aurantii has relatively small qi-activating force, and it is stomach-invigorating agent, strong agent, wind-repellent and taste-correcting agent, while trifoliate orange is more powerful in practice, which is called gas-breaking medicine in clinic.

Difference 5, the usage is different: the nature of Fructus Aurantii is gentle and slow, the essence of Fructus Aurantii is bitter and fast, Qi uses Fructus Aurantii in chest, Qi uses Fructus Aurantii under chest, Qi stagnation uses Fructus Aurantii, Qi firm uses Fructus Aurantii. Generally thin people or general qi stagnation, use Fructus Aurantii; strong people or severe qi stagnation, use Fructus Aurantii.

Summary: Fructus Aurantii generally refers to lime, is Rutaceae, citrus tree plants, the fruit is spherical or oblate, can be processed into other products, can also be dried into medicine, but also can extract aromatic oil and pectin, jelly; it and Fructus Aurantii, but it is a different thing, there are five different ways to distinguish them, hope to be useful to everyone.