Peach

VARIANT NAME: Taoshi.

ORIGIN: The ripe fruit of Prunus persica or P. davidiana [Rosaceae].
   
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION: In every 100g of the edible part of the fruit, there are 0.8g of protein, 0. 1g of fat, 7g of carbohydrate, 8mg of calcium, 20mg of phosphorus, 1mg of iron, 0.01mg of carotene, 0.01mg of thiamine, 0.02mg of ovoflavin, 0.7mg of nicotinic acid, 6mg of ascorbic acid; there are also essential oil and some organic acids such as malic acid and citric acid.  Among the sugars it contains glucose, fructose, sucrose and xylose.

NATURES, FLAVOR AND CHANNEL TROPISM: Sweet, sour in flavor and warm in nature, acting on the channels of the intestines and stomach.

EFFICIENCIES AND INDICATIONS: Promoting the production of body fluid, moisturizing the intestinal tract, promoting blood circulation and removing food stagnation. Click to learn Causes of Urinary Tract Infection  in TCM.

DIRECTIONS: To be eaten fresh, or made into preserved peach for eating, or decocted to drink its decoction and eat its flesh. Excessive eating will lead up to heat.