Are peaches cold in nature?

When you eat peaches, you will feel that they are very juicy, sweet and crispy. This is why many people love to eat peaches. However, when eating them, people always worry that peaches are cold fruits. Eating too much can cause gastrointestinal discomfort. However, this fruit is not cold in nature and can be processed and used as a very common Chinese medicinal material.

The gum secreted from the trunk of peach tree, commonly known as peach gum, can be used as an adhesive, etc. It is a polysaccharide substance which can be hydrolyzed to produce arabinose, galactose, xylose, rhamnose, glucuronic acid, etc. It is edible and can also be used for medicinal purposes. It has the effects of breaking blood, harmonizing blood, and invigorating qi. [1]

Nutrition

Peaches are known as "longevity peaches" and "fairy peaches". Because of their delicious flesh, they are also called "the best fruit in the world". Peach flesh contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, crude fiber, calcium, phosphorus, iron, carotene, vitamin B1, as well as organic acids (mainly malic acid and citric acid), sugars (mainly glucose, fructose, sucrose, xylose) and volatile oils. Every 100 grams of fresh peaches contains 88% water, about 0.7 grams of protein, 11 grams of carbohydrates, and only 180.0 kilojoules of calories. Peaches are suitable for patients with hypokalemia and iron deficiency anemia. [6]

edible

The gum secreted from the trunk of peach trees, commonly known as peach gum, can be used as an adhesive, etc. It is a polysaccharide substance that can be produced by hydrolysis. Arabinose, galactose, xylose, rhamnose, glucuronic acid, etc. are edible and can also be used for medicinal purposes. They have the effects of breaking blood, harmonizing blood, and invigorating qi. [2]

Practice guidance

1. Eat fresh, make into jerky, or boil it into juice and drink the soup while eating the meat.

2. Wash the peach hairs before eating to prevent them from piercing the skin and causing rash; or being inhaled into the respiratory tract and causing coughing, itchy throat, etc. [7]

Eating tips

1. How to remove peach fuzz: Put a little edible alkali in clean water, soak the fresh peaches for 3 minutes, stir a few times, the peach fuzz will automatically float up, and the fuzz will be gone after a few washes.

2. Choosing peaches: Touch them with your hand. If the surface is hairy and tingling, it means they have not been watered. If it is of moderate hardness and does not release water when pressed with a little force, it is a good choice. If it is too soft, it will rot easily. Red peaches are not necessarily sweet. Don’t buy peaches with the pit and flesh separated. The flesh will be sweeter if the pit and flesh are stuck together.

medicine

[Dai medicine] Mahuang: The stems and wood are used for wind diseases and stomachaches. "Dai Medicine". Ma Kuang, Ma Huang: The stems and wood can cure all wind diseases and stomachache "Yunnan Medicine Records", "Dai Medicine", and "Yunnan Provincial Records".

[Tibetan medicine] Kanbu Rouxia: The seeds are used to treat blood stasis, amenorrhea, blood accumulation in abdominal masses, bruises, and constipation due to dry intestines (Tibetan Standards). Kangbu is hot and cold: its seeds can treat lumps in the body. "Qinghai-Tibet Medicinal Mirror" Kambureha: The flowers, young fruits and seeds are used to treat sores, carbuncles, jaundice and tribal disease. Applying peach kernel oil can treat baldness "Chinese Tibetan Medicine". Kangbu: The seeds can treat lumps in the body (pregnant women should avoid using it); the flowers can treat ascites and edema; the leaves can treat eczema, hemorrhoids, and head lice (Tibetan Materia Medica).

[Mongolian medicine] Taorunyichumo: The seeds are used to treat amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, abdominal lumps, injuries from falls, and constipation due to dry intestines; the leaves are used to treat malaria, carbuncles, hemorrhoids, eczema, and vaginal trichomoniasis. "Mongolian medicine". [Uyghur medicine] Peach leaves are used to treat wind-heat, cold and cough.

[Chaoyao] Peach: Young branches with leaves are used to treat eczema. "Illustrated Chaoyao"

[Yi Medicine] Peach, Mountain Peach, Siou: Leaves, flowers or gum are used to treat sores, boils, abscesses, pain caused by roundworms, abdominal distension, edema, emaciation in women, toothache, malaria, rubella, and cough. "Yi Plant Medicine". The leaves are used for urine retention caused by damp heat and edema caused by kidney disease (Ailao). Awei Ze Ri (parasitic on peach tree): The whole plant is used for gynecological adnexitis and infertility (Yunnan Province Chronicles).