The efficacy of bamboo peach branches

Many people think of peach branches as peach trees that bear peaches, but in fact peach branches also have great medicinal value. If boiled into a soup, they can help us promote blood circulation, detoxify and kill insects. Especially those who suffer from rheumatic joint pain or frequent low back pain and injuries can correctly use peach branches to help treat themselves and solve the effects of these diseases.

Peach branch is a small deciduous tree, up to 3-8m tall. Branchlets green or half reddish brown, glabrous. Leaves are alternate and clustered on short branches; petioles are 1-2 cm long, usually with 1 to several glands; leaf blades are elliptic-lanceolate to obovate-lanceolate, with fine serrations on the edges and glabrous on both sides. Flowers are usually solitary, born from leaves opening, about 2.5-3.5cm in diameter, with short stalks; sepals 5, base connate into a short sepal tube, glabrous. The petiole is 7-12mm long and has glandular dots. Flowers are usually solitary, about 2.5-3.5cm in diameter; with short stalks; 5 sepals, fused at the base to form a short sepal tube, covered with pubescence; 5 petals, obovate, pink; rarely white; many stamens, 1-chambered ovary. The style is slender and the stigma is small and round. The drupe is nearly spherical, 5-7cm in diameter, with short hairs on the surface; the flesh is white or yellow; it is free from the core or attached to the core. There is one seed, which is flat and heart-shaped. The flowering period is March-April, and the fruiting period is June-July.

【Usage and Dosage】:

For internal use: decoction, 9-15 minutes. For external use: take appropriate amount, decoct in water for gargling or bathing.

【Notes】:

[Effects and functions of peach branches]:

Promote blood circulation, detoxify and kill insects. It is mainly used to treat heart and abdominal pain, rheumatic joint pain, low back pain, traumatic injuries, and sores and ringworms.

【Additional prescription】：

①To treat sudden heart pain: Take a handful of peach branches, cut them, add one liter of wine, boil them and take half a liter at once. (《Filling the gap at the back of the elbow》)

② Treat sores in the lower part of the body caused by Tianxing NI: Boil peach branches as thickly as sugar to clear the lower part. If you have a sore in your mouth, hold it in your mouth. (Essentials of Cold Damage)

The above is an introduction to some of the effects of peach branches. Through these introductions, we can know that peach branches can treat heart and abdominal pain, rheumatic joint pain, and low back pain and other problems. Boiling peach branches and adding an appropriate amount of sugar can help treat problems such as mouth sores. Therefore, for these common symptoms in life, you can use peach branches correctly and bring out its medicinal value.