Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium (Chenpi): Botany, ethnopharmacology, phytochemistry, and pharmacology of a frequently used traditional Chinese medicine

Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Rutaceae), commonly called chen pi (陈皮) in Chinese, as a regulating qi drug, is most frequently used in the tens of thousands of Chinese medicine prescriptions. In this work we reviewed: (1) Introduction to botany (2) Ethnopharmacology review (3) Phytochemistry of chen pi (4) Pharmacological research (5) Quality control and toxicity studies.417