The efficacy and function of yellow peach blossom

Traditional Chinese medicine culture is profound and extensive, and Chinese medicinal materials account for a large proportion of it. Do you know about yellow peach blossom? What are its effects and functions, and how to eat it? I believe many people are very interested in it. Let me tell you one by one below.

[Other names] Yellow flower lice Ma Tou (Chinese Medical Formulae and Pharmacy), Yu Tou Po, Mi Ma Zhuan (Illustrated Guide to Higher Plants of China).

[Source] It is the root of the plant Hesperus arvense of the Tiliaceae family.

[Original form] Semi-shrub, about 1 meter high, the whole plant is slightly hairy. The leaves on the lower part of the stem or branches are rhombic and broadly ovate or broadly ovate, 3-lobed, while the leaves on the upper part are ovate, unlobed, 3-8 cm long, 1.5-5.5 cm wide, four at the base, with serrated edges, sparsely covered with simple or forked hairs on the upper side, and slightly denser with stellate hairs on the lower side; the petiole is 0.5-5 cm long. Cymes are several in axillary; flowers are yellow; sepals are oblong, about 5 mm long, with angles at the tip; petals are shorter than sepal tips; stamens are 8 to 15; ovary has prickles. The fruit is nearly spherical, about 3 mm in diameter, with short hairs and thorns, and the thorns are recurved at the tip.

[Habitat distribution] Growing in thickets near forests. Distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Fujian and Taiwan.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, cold.

【Functions and indications】Diuretic fossil. Treat stranguria, cold and wind-heat symptoms.

[Additional prescription] ① Treating stranguria (urinary stones): 1 to 2 liang of yellow peach blossom. Decoction in water twice and take in divided doses; after taking one to four doses, you can add plantain and touguxiao to decoct together.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Chinese Medicine Prescriptions and Pharmacy"

The medicinal value of the yellow peach blossom introduced in the article is of great help to our lives. In fact, many physical illnesses can be treated with some Chinese medicinal materials such as yellow peach blossom. The profound Chinese medicine culture should continue to be passed on.