Persica, Peach tree, Tao Ren Persica, Peach tree, Tao Ren 桃仁Tao Ren (Peach kernel, TCM)Klung kham  ཀླུང་ཁམ་ (Tibet) Ortus Sanitatis, Meydenbach, 1491 Dioscorides Materia Medica, Mathias, 1563 Icones Plantarum Medcio-oeconomico, Vietz, 1806 Botanical name: Prunus persica Parts used: Kernels; Flowers; Leaf; FruitThe twigs were occasionally used the same as the Leaves in the West. Temperature & Taste: Kernel: Neutral in TCM (slightly Warm in the West); Moist. Bitter, SweetLeaf, Flower: Warm, dry.Fruit: Cool, moist Classifications: 2A APERIENT3D. CORDIALS & CARDIACS.   3E. DIURETIC.  3F. LITHONTRIPTIC.  3G. EMMENAGOGUE.   3Q. ANTHELMINTIC4e. STOMACHIC.  4h. NEPHRITIC Uses: PEACH KERNEL:1. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis (TCM, West):-menstrual disorders with fixed pain and dark or clotted Blood-Postpartum Pain-Tumors, Fibroids, Abdominal masses-Lung and Intestinal abscess-Trauma, Bruising-also for Leukorrhea-“dissolves hard mass in the epigastrium. It removes blood stasis due to sudden injury”. (Ming Yi Bie Lu)-“Arthralgia due to invading pathogenic Wind”. (Li Shi Zhen)2. Moistens, Moves the Bowels (TCM, West):-open Obstruction of the Liver: Jaundice-used for abdominal pain-clears Heat of the Stomach-gentle moist laxative laxative-“moisten Dryness in blood, loosening the bowels”. (Zhang Yuan Su)3. Promote Urine, Breaks Stones:-Gravel and Stones (West)-regarded as very useful for Stones, both to pass and relieve pain4. Relieves Cough and Asthma:-Cough, Wheezing and Asthma…

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