This product is the mature seed of a small deciduous tree (Prunus persica (L.) Batsch) or mountain peach (P. davidiana (Carr. Franch.) in the Rosaceae family. It is found in most parts of the country and is mainly produced in Central and southern regions. After the fruit is ripe, collect the core, remove the seeds, peel them, dry them and use them raw or fried.

[Property]

bitter and sweet, neutral. slightly toxic. act on heart, liver and large intestine channels.

[Efficacy]

Invigorating blood and resolving stasis, moistening intestines to relieve constipation.

[Indications]

1. It is used for a variety of stasis syndrome/pattern, such as amenorrhea, dysmenorrheal, postpartum stasis, abdominal pain, stasis and injuries, etc. This medicine has a bitter taste and penetrates the heart and liver blood. It is good at releasing blood stagnation and has strong power to remove blood stasis. It is also known as breaking blood stasis medicine. To treat blood stasis amenorrhea and dysmenorrheal, it is often used with Carthamus, Chinese Angelica, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome and the like, plus Peach Kernel, Carthamus and Four-Ingredient Decoction; to treat postpartum stasis and abdominal pain, often used with Blast-Fried Ginger, Sichuan Lovage Rhizome, etc., such as Generation and Transformation Decoction; to treat abdominal mass disease stuffiness, with Cinnamon Twig, Paeonol, Red Peony Root, etc., such as Cinnamon Twig and Poria Pill; or with Sparganium Rhizome, Zedoary Rhizome, etc.; if the body is static For those with severe blood stasis and need to break blood stasis, Rhubarb Rhizoma, Mirabilite, Cinnamon Twig can be used together, such as Peach Kernel Purgative Decoction. In modern times, the bitter Peach Kernel glycoside injection extracted from Peach Kernel has been used intravenously to treat hepatosplenomegaly. It has a significant shrinking effect, especially the shrinkage of the spleen. To treat bruises, bruises, swelling and pain, it is often used with Chinese Angelica, Carthamus, Rhubarb Rhizoma, etc., such as Origin -Restoring Blood-Invigorating Decoction.
2. Used for constipation of intestinal dryness. This product is a seed kernel that contains oil and can moisturize and smooth the intestines. It is often used with Chinese Angelica and Hemp Seed, such as Piwei Lun Intestine-Moistening Pill.
3. Used for lung abscess and intestinal abscess. Peach Kernel is good at releasing stagnation of blood aspect, and carbuncle is caused by heat toxin accumulation and stagnation of Qi and blood. This product is often used with heat-clearing medicinal to clear heat and remove toxin invigorating blood to resolve carbuncle. To treat lung abscess, use Reed Stem, waxgourd seed, such as Phragmites Stem Decoction; to treat intestinal abscess, use Rhubarb Rhizoma, Peony Peel, such as Rhubarb and Peony Peel Decoction, can also be paired with sargenrgloryvine stem, Patrinia, waxgourd seed are equivalent.
4. In addition, this product can also be used to treat cough panting. It has the effect of relieving cough and relieving asthma. It is often used with Bitter Apricot Seed.

Treatment of influenza, enterovirus, and various viral colds, Chinese medicine is more refined, non-toxic, and effective than Western medicine

[Documentation]

1. Bielu: "Stops the cough with dyspnea, relieves the heart and strengthens the heart, removes strokes and hits the blood, breaks the abdominal mass, relieves menstruation, and relieves pain."
2. Zhenzhunang "Cure blood knots, blood secretion, blood dryness, moisturize the stool, break blood accumulation."
3. Bencao Jingshu: "Peach Kernel, good nature, breaking blood stasis, scattered but not collected, It is a purgative but not beneficial. If used excessively or improperly, it can cause the blood to flow downwards and cause damage to the true yin but not to the fine."

[Usage and Dosage]

[Precaution]

Pregnant women should not take it; people with loose stools should use it with caution. It is toxic and should not be overdosed. Overdose may cause headache, dizzy vision, palpitation, and even respiratory failure and death.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains bitter apricot seed glycosides, bitter apricot seed enzyme, allantoinase, lactase, vitamin B₁, volatile oil, fatty oil, etc. It can promote the contraction of uterus in primiparous women; it has anticoagulant and weak hemolytic effects, and can improve blood flow obstruction and blood circulation disorders; it can increase cerebral blood flow and expand rabbit ear blood vessels; it has a sedative effect on the respiratory center; fatty oil has Intestinal laxation effect.