VARIANT NAMES: Guoyou, Huashengyou.
ORIGIN: The fatty oil extracted from the seed of Araehis hypogaea [Leguminosae].
CHEMICAI COMPOSITION: Containing glyceride in many kinds of fatty acids, which are composed of 39.2 to 65.7 % of oleic acid, 16.8 to 38.2 % of linoleic acid, 7.3 to 12.9 % of palmitic acid, 2.6 to 5.6 % of stearic acid and arachidic acid, behenic acid, tetracosanoic acid, myristic acid, cerotinic acid, cis-[9]-eicosenoie acid, [11]-eicosenoie acid, laurie acid, etc.
NATURE, FLAVOR AND CHANNEL TROPISM: Sweet in flavor and neutral in nature, acting on the channels of the spleen, lung and large intestine.
EFFICIENCIES AND INDICATIONS: Tonifying the spleen, moistening the lung and loosing the bowel to expel parasites. When eaten cooked, it can moisten the intestines and expel Taeniasis, and therefore is used to treat Intestinal Obstruction.
DIRECTIONS: To be used either for cooking vegetables or for enema.