Peach Branch
(compendium)
[source] it is the tender branch of peach or mountain peach. See "Taoren" for plant morphology.
[nature and taste] "the taste is bitter. "
[function indications] it is used to treat heart and abdominal pain and occult sores.
"Gangmu": "to cure heart and abdominal pain, to ward off epidemic disease. "
[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-3 Liang. External use: gargle with boiling water or take a bath.
[selection] 1. Treatment of apoplectic heartache: a handful of peach branches, cut them, take one liter of wine, fry them for half a liter, and take them at a meal. (behind the elbow)
② Treatment of hidden lower part of the day line sores: thick fried peach branches such as sugar, in order to pass the lower part. If you have a sore in your mouth, take it. (Shanghan Lei Yao)
Chinese PinYin : Tao Zhi
Peach Branch
Atractylodes macrocephala Bletilla. Bai Shu Bai Ji