桃枭
即桃实着树经冬不落者。又名桃奴。
苦,微温。有小毒。治疰忤,疗中恶,破伏梁
,止邪疟。炒炭米饮下,治吐血。
酒拌蒸,去核焙干用。
桃仁
香附为之使。甘、苦、平。入手足厥阴经血分。去滞生新,缓肝润燥。治血结畜血,
瘀血症瘕,血滞风痹,血痢经闭,热入血室,产后血病,心腹诸痛。辟疰忤,杀三虫,润大
便,止疟疾。配元胡、川楝子,治肝厥胃痛。入小柴胡汤,治热入血室。
行血,连皮尖生用。润燥活血,浸去皮尖炒用,或麸皮同炒研用。双仁者有毒,不可用。
一
切血虚致经闭、便秘等症,俱禁用。
桃花
苦,平。入足阳明经。散滞血,破石淋,逐痰饮,疗积痛,杀三虫,化痘毒。(痘出二
三日,焦紫及丹者,此可治之。)得温酒,治痰饮宿水及香港脚肿痛。和面服,下燥粪。捣猪
脂,敷脓 。
清晨带露摘取,饭上蒸熟,焙干用,或拣净以绢袋盛悬檐下令干用。千叶者令人鼻衄不
止,
不可用。多用则泻。
桃胶
苦,平。和血益气。治下痢,止痛。配通草、石膏,治血淋作痛。配沉香、蒲黄,治
产后下痢。(亦治血痢腹痛。)和水熬成膏,酒化服,治痘 发搐。
树汁溢出成胶,以桑灰汤浸过,晒干用。如服食,当依法修炼。
桃叶
苦、辛。一切疮虫尸虫。诸虫入耳,虫蚀阴户,裹叶塞之自除。
采嫩者,名桃心,入药尤胜。
桃枝
酒煎饮,治卒心痛。煮汤浴,不染天行疫疠。
桃蠹
即树中蛀虫
去邪恶。
桃树根白皮 治齿 。
桃枭
就是挂在树上经过冬天也不脱落的桃子。又叫做桃奴。
味道苦,性质微温。有小毒。主治注忤(一种由邪气引起的精神恍惚或中邪症状),治疗中恶(突然感受秽浊邪气导致的昏厥急症),破除伏梁(腹内积块病证),止住恶性疟疾。炒成炭后用米汤送服,可治疗吐血。
用酒拌匀后蒸制,去掉果核焙干后使用。
桃仁
香附是它的引经药。味道甘、苦,性质平。归入手足厥阴肝、胆经的血分。能去除瘀滞、生成新血,舒缓肝脏、滋润燥热。主治血液凝结蓄积、瘀血形成的症瘕积聚、因血滞导致的风湿痹痛、血痢和月经闭止、热邪侵入血室、产后血瘀病症以及心腹部各种疼痛。能辟除注忤邪气,杀灭三虫(泛指体内寄生虫),润肠通便,止住疟疾。配合延胡索、川楝子,可治疗肝气厥逆引起的胃痛。加入小柴胡汤中,可治疗热入血室。
用于行血时,连皮和尖生用;用于润燥活血时,浸泡后去皮和尖炒用,或者与麸皮同炒后研碎使用。双仁的桃仁有毒,不可使用。
一切因血虚导致的月经闭止、便秘等症状,都严禁使用。
桃花
味道苦,性质平。归入足阳明胃经。能消散瘀滞之血,破除石淋(尿路结石),驱逐痰饮,治疗积滞疼痛,杀灭三虫,化解痘毒。(痘疹发出两三天后,出现焦紫色或丹痧症状的,此药可以治疗。)配合温酒服用,可治疗痰饮宿水以及香港脚(脚气病)肿痛。与面粉一起服用,可排出干燥粪便。捣碎后混合猪脂,敷于脓疮处。
清晨带着露水采摘,放在饭上蒸熟,焙干后使用,或者拣选干净后用绢袋盛装悬挂在屋檐下晾干使用。千叶桃花会导致人鼻出血不止,不可使用。用量过多会引起腹泻。
桃胶
味道苦,性质平。调和血液,益气。治疗痢疾,止痛。配合通草、石膏,治疗血淋作痛。配合沉香、蒲黄,治疗产后痢疾。(也能治疗血痢腹痛。)加水熬制成膏状,用酒化开服用,治疗痘疹引发的抽搐。
树汁溢出形成胶体,用桑灰汤浸泡过,晒干后使用。如果是作为食物服用,应当按照方法炼制。
桃叶
味道苦、辛。主治各种疮疡、虫咬及尸虫感染。各种虫子进入耳朵,或者虫子侵蚀阴户,将叶子包裹起来塞入患处,虫子自然会除去。
采摘嫩叶,叫做桃心,入药效果更佳。
桃枝
用酒煎煮饮用,可治疗突发的心痛。煮汤洗澡,可预防天行疫疠(流行性传染病)。
桃蠹
就是树木中的蛀虫。
能去除邪恶之气。
桃树根白皮
治疗牙齿疾病。
Tao Xiao (Dried Peach Fruit Hanging on Tree)
Refers to the peach fruit that remains hanging on the tree through the winter without falling. Also known as Tao Nu (Peach Slave).
Bitter, slightly warm. Slightly toxic. Treats Zhu Wu (a condition characterized by mental confusion or possession-like symptoms caused by evil qi), cures Zhong E (sudden fainting or emergency syndrome caused by foul pathogenic factors), breaks Fu Liang (abdominal masses), and stops malignant malaria. When stir-fried to charcoal and taken with rice water, it treats hematemesis (vomiting blood).
Steam with wine mixed, remove the kernel, and bake dry for use.
Tao Ren (Peach Kernel)
Xiangfu (Cyperus Rhizome) is its guiding herb. Sweet, bitter, neutral. Enters the blood aspect of the Foot-Shaoyin and Hand-Shaoyin meridians (Liver and Gallbladder channels). Removes stasis and generates new blood, soothes the Liver, and moistens dryness. Treats blood coagulation and accumulation, blood stasis and abdominal masses (Zheng Jia), wind-bi due to blood stagnation, bloody dysentery and amenorrhea, heat entering the Blood Chamber (Xue Shi), postpartum blood disorders, and various pains in the heart and abdomen. Expels Zhu Wu evil, kills three types of parasites, moistens the intestines to relieve constipation, and stops malaria. Combined with Yuan Hu (Corydalis Rhizome) and Chuan Lian Zi (Sichuan Chinaberry Seed), it treats stomach pain caused by Liver Qi reversal. Added to Xiao Chai Hu Tang (Minor Bupleurum Decoction), it treats heat entering the Blood Chamber.
For promoting blood circulation, use raw with skin and tips intact. For moistening dryness and activating blood, soak to remove skin and tips, then stir-fry, or stir-fry with bran and grind. Peaches with double kernels are toxic and should not be used.
All conditions of amenorrhea and constipation caused by blood deficiency are strictly contraindicated.
Tao Hua (Peach Blossom)
Bitter, neutral. Enters the Foot-Yangming Stomach channel. Scatters stagnant blood, breaks stone lin (urinary calculi), expels phlegm-fluid retention, treats accumulated pain, kills three types of parasites, and resolves toxin from smallpox/variolae. (If after two or three days of eruption, the lesions become scorched purple or present as dander/erythema, this herb can treat them.) With warm wine, it treats chronic phlegm-fluid retention and Hong Kong jiao (podagra/foot swelling and pain). Taken with flour, it expels dry feces. Pounded and mixed with pig fat, it is applied to suppurative sores.
Harvest early in the morning with dew, steam over rice until cooked, bake dry for use; or select clean ones, place in a silk bag, and hang under the eaves to dry naturally. Varieties with thousand petals cause persistent epistaxis (nosebleed) and must not be used. Excessive use causes diarrhea.
Tao Jiao (Peach Gum)
Bitter, neutral. Harmonizes blood and benefits Qi. Treats dysentery and relieves pain. Combined with Tong Cao (Tetrapanax Medulla) and Shi Gao (Gypsum Fibrosum), it treats painful strangury (blood strangury). Combined with Chen Xiang (Aquilaria Wood) and Pu Huang (Typha Pollen), it treats postpartum dysentery. (Also treats bloody dysentery with abdominal pain.) Boiled with water into a paste and dissolved in wine, it treats convulsions induced by smallpox/variolae.
Tree sap exudes and forms gum; soak in ash water from mulberry branches, sun-dry for use. If consumed as food, it must be processed according to specific methods.
Tao Ye (Peach Leaf)
Bitter, acrid. Treats all types of sores, insect bites, and corpse-worm infections. For various insects entering the ear, or worms eroding the vaginal opening, wrap the leaves and insert into the affected area to eliminate the pests.
Harvest tender leaves, known as Tao Xin (Peach Heart), which have superior medicinal efficacy.
Tao Zhi (Peach Twig)
Decoct in wine and drink to treat sudden heart pain. Boil in water for bathing to prevent Tian Xing Yi Li (epidemic infectious diseases).
Tao Du (Peach Borer)
Refers to the wood-boring worm inside the tree.
Expels evil influences.
Tao Shu Gen Bai Pi (White Bark of Peach Root)
Treats dental diseases.