Greenlife chinese herb database

Greenlife Chinese herb database - Apricot Kernel

Latin Name

Semen Armeniacae Amarum

Chinese Name

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Origin

Kernels of the pits

Distribution

Northwestern China

Nature and Affinity

This drug is bitter, slightly warm in nature with slight toxic effect, and is distributed to the Lung and Large Intestine Channels.

Caution

	ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS
	1.Relieving cough and asthma In treating common cold due to wind-cold with cough and asthma, this drug can be used in combination with Foulium Perillae, Rhizoma Pinelliae, Poria, etc. In treating cough due to wind-heat, the drug is often used in combination with Foulium Mori, Flos Chrysanthemi, Radix Platycodi, etc. In treating cough due to dryness in the drug is often used in combination with Cortex Mori Radicis, Radix Asteris, Fructus Schisandrae, etc. 2.Moistening the intestine and relaxing the bowels This drug can be used to treat constipation in the elderly or in women after childbirth, and is often used in combination with Fructus Cannabis, Semen Persicae, etc
	ADMINISTRATION AND DOSAGE
	Usually, 4.5-9 grams of the drug is used in decoction.
	REMARKS
	Mildly poisonous; toxic doses can be neutralised with a decoction of the rough outer bark of the tree.