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tao jiao 桃膠        (in Engish and Chinese 中英文)
by: Joe Hing kwok Chu

Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名﹕

Resina Persicae

Botanical name:

學名﹕

Amygdalus persica L .[Prunus persica (L.) Batsch.]

Amygdalus davidiana (Carr.)C.de Vos ex Henry [Persica davidiana Carr.;Prunus davidiana (Carr.) Franch.]

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

tokyo

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

dogyo

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

tou4 gaau1

Other Names:

別名﹕

tao hua lei (tears of peach flower) 桃花淚

Common Name:

英文名﹕

peach resin

Distribution:

產地﹕

Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Shandong, Henan, Sichuan, Yunnan provinces of China.

河北,山西,陝西,甘肅,山東,河南,四川,雲南等地。

Properties

(characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

Sweet, bitter, neutral.

甘,苦,平。

Channels (meridians) entered:

 

歸經﹕

large intestine, bladder.

大腸,膀胱。

Medical functions:

藥理﹕

 

 

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

Being used in calculus in urinary tract, blood in urine, dysentery, chyluria.

用於治:石淋,血淋,痢疾,乳糜尿

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

 

galactose

半乳糖

rhamnose

鼠李糖

a-glucuronic acid

α-葡萄糖醛酸

 

 

Daly Dosage:

每日用量﹕

 

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

For treatment of pain caused by stone in urinary tract:

Use tao jiao the size of dai zao and mix with 300 cc of drinking water. Take 3 times a day. (Use cool drinking water in summer and warm drinking water in winter.)[1]

For treatment of diabetes: wash tao jiao with luke warm water. Cook in a small pot. Add any flavoring if desire but do not add sugar. Take orally 30 to 60 grams each time. [2]

治石淋作痛:桃木膠如棗大,夏以冷水三合,冬以湯三合和服,日三服,當下石,石盡即止。(《古今錄驗方》

治糖尿病:桃膠,用微溫水洗凈,放在小鍋內煮食,隨便加些調味鹽類亦可(但不要加入甜味)。每次服一至二兩。(《草藥驗方交流集》)

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

 

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

[1] "Effective formulae from Ancient Time to Today" 《古今錄驗方》

[2] Effective Herbal Formule Comunication Set 《草藥驗方交流集》

Note: gum arabic are being sold as tao jiao or tao an zhu (beads shape) or tao jiao powder (in powder form) which is incorrect.

Gum arabic is not a pure chemical compound. It does not have chemical formula.

The secretion of trunks of peach trees, plum  trees, apricot  trees, cherry  trees are call tao jiao (peach resin).

 

註:阿拉伯樹膠簡稱阿拉伯膠,商業上誤稱做桃膠,桃胺珠(粒狀)或桃膠粉(粉狀)。 由於它不是一個純粹的化合物,故無分子式。

桃,李,杏,櫻桃等樹幹分泌的膠稱為桃膠。

 

血淋:小便短澀.滴瀝刺痛,欲出未盡,小腹拘急,或痛引腰腹.小便紅赤,或夾有血塊,甚者可溺出純血,臨床上以尿血而兼小便滴瀝澀痛者,稱為血淋。

慢性腎盂腎炎,尿道綜合徵,膀胱癌等病症表現有膀胱刺激症狀並伴有血尿者均屬"血淋" 範疇

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Last update: Nov 20, 2013; 7 p.m. LAH