Finger Citron Fruit

Primarily produced in the Chinese provinces of Guangdong, Guangxi, Sichuan and Chongqing.

Semi-elliptical or oval-shaped thin slices, often wrinkled or curled. 6~10cm long, 3~7cm wide, 0.2~0.4cm thick. Apex is slightly wide, with 3~5 finger-like sections, base is slightly narrow, some with fruit stem. Outer skin is yellowish-green or orange-yellow, with wrinkles and oil spots. Flesh is pale yellowish-white, with scattered uneven linear or spotted vascular bundles. Hard and brittle texture, pliable after being moistened. Aromatic odor; tastes slightly sweet and then bitter.

Superior medicinal material is large and thin, with yellow skin and white flesh (Guang fo shou), or green skin and white flesh (Chuan fo shou), aromatic odor and sweet taste.

Acrid, bitter, sour; warm.

Courses the live, regulates qi, harmonizes the stomach, relieves pain. Apply to stagnation of liver-qi and stomach-qi, gastric and costal swelling pain, fullness of chest and abdomen, poor appetite and vomiting.

‘Golden edges and white flesh’: This refers to the yellow color edge and white colored inner section of cut Guang fo shou medicinal material.