Peach Kernel
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Market name：桃仁 Photo location：Museum of Materia Medica, Inst. of Nat. Med. TMPW No.：10931 |
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Plant name：Prunus persica Photo location：Tokyo, Japan Photo date：1984 Photographer：M. Mikage |
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Persicae Semen |
| Botanical source: Family name | Rosaceae |
| Botanical source: Plant name | - Prunus persica Batsch (IPNI:1212858-2) - Prunus persica var. davidiana Maximowicz |
| Part used | Dried kernel of ripe seed |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Good one is enlarged. The cortex is brown and the inside is white in color. In general, the one without its cortex is good in quality (TN). |
| Constituents | Lipids: Oleic acid, Palmitic acid, Glyceride of stearic acid Triterpenoids: 24-Methylenecycloartanol, Δ7-Avenasterol, Citrostadienol Peptide: Emulsin Cyanogenic compounds: Amygdalin, Prunasin |
| Pharmacological effects | Raises skin temperature, antiallergic (water extract, alcohol extract). |
| Indications | As an antiinflammatory and for removing blood stasis, it is applied to treat a feeling of fullness and pain of hypogastric region, abdominal blood stasis, and irregular menstruation. The leaf of Prunus persica is widely used for abdominal pain and diarrhea in folk medicine. |
| Diseases | Amenorrhea, Menorrhalgia, Intra-abdominal tumor, Hyperemesis after childbirth, Lower abdominal pain, Swelling and pain due to contusion, Appendicitis, Constipation, Cough |
| Formulas | kyukichoketsuindaiichikagen , keishibukuryogan , keishibukuryoganryokayokuinin , kojito , goshitsusan , jiketsujunchoto , junchoto , jingyobofuto , sesshoin , senkinkeimeisan , sokeikakketsuto , daiobotampito , choyoto , teitoto , tokakujokito , toryuto , dokkatsuto , hachimisenkiho , hoyokangoto |
| Meridian tropism | Heart, Liver, Large intestine |
| Property | Neutral |
| Flavor | Bitter, Sweet |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | Inferior |
| TCM: Classification | Drugs for regulating blood conditions |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To promote blood circulation, to eliminate phlegm, and to relax the bowels. Used for amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, mass formation in the abdomen, traumatic injuries, constipation. |
| Remarks | Listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia 18th ed. |
| References | TN: T. Namba & Y. Tsuda ed., Outline of Pharmacognosy, a Textbook, 3rd ed., Nankodo Co., Ltd., Tokyo, 1998. |
DNA sequences of medicinal plants
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| Botanical source: Plant name | 5Ss | 18S | ITS1 | 5.8S | ITS2 | 26S | others | trnH-psbA | matK | trnK | trnK-rps16 | trnT-L | trnL | trnL-F | rbcL | rpoC1 | ndhF | others | |
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