Peach Blossom Porridge

I believe many friends don’t know much about peach blossom porridge, so let me give you a detailed introduction below.

[Functions and indications] It can invigorate qi and astringe the intestines. It is used to treat febrile disease that has lasted for seven or eight days, with weak and rapid pulse, red tongue with little coating, diarrhea of ​​several dozen times a day, indigestion, and fever.

[Usage and Dosage] Use 2 liters of water to boil ginseng and grass first, get 1 liter, remove the dregs, then add polished rice, boil until 600 ml, add 9 grams of stone fat powder, and take it all at once. If the diarrhea does not stop, take another 200 ml, as above; stop taking it after the diarrhea stops.

If the patient has excessive use of cold medicine and his pulse is not rapid and his body is not hot, add 9 grams of dried ginger.

[Excerpt] Volume 3 of Treatise on Febrile Diseases

[Prescription] 4 grams of fresh peach petals (2 grams of dried peach petals) 100 grams of polished rice

[Preparation method] Cook the glutinous rice into porridge. When the porridge is cooked, add peach petals and boil it for a while.

【Function】 It can reduce swelling, relieve bad breath, promote the flow of water, and eliminate phlegm and fluid stagnation. It can also treat difficult bowel movements.

【Usage and Dosage】 Take once every other day.

【Note】 Stop taking once the bowel movement is relieved, do not take it for a long time. Peach Blossom is cool, suitable for constipation caused by dryness and heat in the stomach.

[Excerpt] "Experience Prescription"