Peach gum is the resin secreted from the bark of rose plant peach or mountain peach, also known as peach oil and peach fat. Peach gum is not common in life, but it is a kind of food and Chinese medicine with good health care. Let's take a look at the efficacy and eating method of peach gum.
1 Composition of peach gum
The main components of gum are galactose, rhamnose, α - glucuronic acid, etc.
The medicinal value of peach gum
Peach gum is a kind of light yellow transparent solid natural resin, which is harvested in summer and autumn. Its composition is roughly the same as Arabic gum. It is characterized by sweet and bitter taste, flat and non-toxic. It is mainly used to treat stone drench, blood drench and dysentery. Peach gum has enough water solubility and proper viscosity. Peach gum is supplied in the form of solid and solution. Peach gum can be used to prepare water-soluble adhesive, thickener and emulsifier.
3. Sex, taste and meridian tropism of peach gum
Peach gum is sweet and bitter, mild and nontoxic. Into the large intestine and bladder.
Main treatment of peach gum effect
Peach gum has the functions of clearing away heat, relieving thirst, relieving pain, relieving pain, nourishing face and anti-aging. Indications: Stone drench, blood drench, dysentery and other diseases.
① "Do not record": "the main protection of hunger, bear the cold
② "Tang Materia Medica": "Lord under the stone drench, broken blood, in the evil resistance Wu."
③ "Compendium": "and blood Yiqi, the treatment of diarrhea, pain."
Usage and dosage: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang, or into pills, powder.
5. The edible method of peach gum
（1） , stewed peach gum with Papaya
Material: 1 papaya, 10g peach gum.
Practice:
1. Soak the peach gum in clear water overnight (more than 12 hours) until it is soft and the volume can rise to more than 10 times, so don't underestimate the ten grams of peach gum, enough to eat two meals.
2. Wash the soft peach gum carefully and repeatedly, remove the black impurities and break it into small pieces.
3. Add a little water to peach gum, steam for about 30 minutes.
4. Cut the papaya in half, remove the seeds, pour the steamed peach gum into the papaya, sprinkle with a little sugar, and then continue to steam for about 20 minutes.
（2） , peach gum and Tremella syrup
Ingredients: 15g peach gum, 1 Sydney (300g), 30g ice sugar, 5g Tremella.
Practice:
1. 5 g of peach gum and 1000 ml of clear water. Soak the peach gum in clear water overnight (about 12 hours) until it is soft, and the volume can be increased by 10 times.
2. Then carefully remove the black impurities on the surface of the soft peach gum, wash it repeatedly with clear water, and break it into even small pieces.
3. Soak the tremella in water for 20 minutes, then make it soft and break it into small pieces by hand. Peel Sydney and cut into 1 cm cubes.
4. Put the peach gum, tremella and water into the pot, boil it in high heat, then reduce the heat to continue cooking for 30 minutes, at this time, the soup began to become a little sticky.
5. Add in the pear and cook for 5 minutes, then add in the ice sugar and manyue plum, stir and cook for 3 minutes, until the ice sugar melts completely and the soup is thick.
（3） , peach gum and soap horn rice soup
Ingredients: 1 spoon of saponaceous rice, 1 spoon of peach gum and 1 spoon of rose paste, 6 red dates.
Practice:
1. After cleaning, I soaked the peach gum and Zaojiao rice in clear water for 8 hours. After 8 hours, I simply rinsed the peach gum and Zaojiao rice and put them into the casserole, plus 6 red dates.
2. Add enough water to the casserole. Bring it to a boil over high heat. Turn the medium and low heat for 2 hours and cook it. During this time, stir it occasionally. Don't paste the casserole.
3. Add 1 tablespoon of rose paste to the bowl, and pour in the boiled peach gum and saponifian rice while it is hot and stir well.
6. Medicinal selection of peach gum
1. Treatment of black sores and rashes, convulsions: Taojiao decoction. A side of water boil into paste, warm wine under the adjustment, no time. (Taojiao decoction, general discussion on children's cleaning) pure natural Taojiao.
2. Treat diabetes: peach gum, wash it with lukewarm water, cook it in a small pot, and add some seasoning salt (but don't take part in sweet taste). Take one to two at a time. (communication collection of herbal medicine prescriptions)
3. Cure stone drenching pain: Mahogany glue is as big as jujube, cold water in summer, soup in winter, daily, and stone. (ancient and modern records and prescriptions)
4. Cure blood drench: plaster, wood Tong, peach gum (hype end) mixed two. The top is the bottom. Every two money, water a, fry to seven points, oral, before eating. (taojiaosan, Yang's family Tibetan recipe)
5. After the treatment of postpartum diarrhea, red and white, acute and severe pain: peach gum (baked), aloe, Typhae (fried), etc. For the end. Two yuan per serving, rice before eating. (woman's recipe)
6. Treat deficiency, heat and thirst: peach gum is as big as a bullet, containing pharyngeal fluid. (qianjinfang)
7. Treatment of stomachache and gastritis: wash the peach gum water which is a little bigger than the soybean grain, chew the broken peach gum water, deliver it with warm boiled water, take it once in the morning and once in the evening, insist on taking it for 30 days, gastritis will not be broken any more, and stomach will not suffer from eating any cool things.
Discussion on peach gum
1. "Don't record": the main guarantee is not hungry, but endure the cold.
2. "Tang Materia Medica": the Lord's stone drenching, blood breaking, evil resistance.
3. Compendium: He Xue Yi Qi, treat diarrhea, pain.
4. "This sutra meets the original": peach tree glue, the most Tongjin liquid, can treat blood drench, stone drench. Acne black depression, will win the cream.
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