Hawthorn and Peach Kernel Drink

Category: Herbal Tea

Herbal Tea Name: Hawthorn and Peach Kernel Drink

Chinese Name: 山楂桃仁饮

Formula

1,000 grams of fresh hawthorn berries, 100 grams of peach kernels, and 250 grams of honey.

Main Ingredients

How To Make

Remove impurities from the hawthorns, wash them, and crush them. Place them in a clay pot with the washed and chopped peach kernels. Add water and soak for 1 hour. Bring to a boil over medium heat,simmer over low heat twice, 45 minutes each time. Combine the strained liquids from both simmerings, pour into a steaming bowl, add honey, and mix thoroughly. Steam over water for 1 hour, remove from heat and let cool, then transfer to a screw-top glass jar, cover tightly to prevent moisture, and store for future use.

Efficacy

Promotes the flow of qi and blood and unblocks the meridians. Suitable for post-stroke sequelae caused by qi and blood deficiency and stagnation.

Usage

Take 25 milliliters twice daily, washed down with warm water.

Commentary

1 acts as the chief herb. Neutral in property, its action is directed to the relevant viscera, and works to portion indicator. Fresh hawthorn berries join as the supporting deputy. Sour, sweet-slightly warm in property, it enters the Spleen, Stomach, Liver meridians and works to dissolve food stagnation and activate blood. Peach kernels (Tao-ren) reinforce this deputy action, working to activate blood, resolve stasis and moisten the intestines. Honey (Feng-mi) rounds out the formula as the envoy herb, working to moisten the lung and harmonize the formula and moderate the overall properties. In sum, the prescription promote the flow of qi and blood and unblock the meridians, aimed squarely at the blood deficiency and blood pattern rather than at isolated symptoms.

Hawthorn and Peach Kernel Drink，From *Proven Tea, Decoction, and Soup Recipes for Common Ailments*,Promotes the flow of qi and blood and unblocks the meridians. Suitable for post-stroke sequelae caused by qi and blood deficiency and stagnation.

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