Peach Kernel (Tao ren)

• functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
• WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
• public pharmacopoeia & botanical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：《本经》载桃核仁主瘀血血闭、癥瘕邪气、杀小虫；《别录》止咳逆上气、消心下坚硬、除卒暴击血、通月水、止心腹痛；张元素谓治血结血秘血燥、通润大便、破畜血；李时珍谓主血滞风痹骨蒸、肝疟寒热、产后血病。

Nature & flavor: 苦、甘，平，无毒（核仁；李杲谓手足厥阴经血分药）；陈藏器谓温。·Meridians: 肝（足厥阴）, 心包（手厥阴）

• Peach Pit Decoction to Order the Qi
• Drive Out Stasis Decoction
• Rhubarb and Moutan Decoction
• Resistance Decoction
• Resistance Pill
• Cinnamon Twig and Poria Pill
• Rhubarb and Eupolyphaga Pill
• Turtle Shell Decocted Pill

• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·五果类·桃（《本经》下品）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·桃·核仁·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·桃·核仁·发明（杲·手足厥阴经血分药）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its meridian tropism.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·桃·核仁·主治（《本经》）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·桃·核仁·主治（《别录》·通月水）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·桃·核仁·主治（元素·破畜血）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.
• Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷二十九·果部·桃·核仁·修治（时珍·双仁者有毒）Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its safety notes.