Dry Herbs Semen Armeniacae Amarum Dried Bitter Almond Kernels

Bitter Almond (苦杏仁, semen Armeniaca, semen Armeniaca amarum, bitter almond kernels)is a variety of regular, sweet almonds. Bitter almonds contain traces of prussic acid—also known as hydrocyanic acid—in their raw state.

Relieve cough and asthma, moisten intestines and defecate. It is used for cough, asthma, chest fullness, phlegm, blood deficiency, fluid dryness, intestinal dryness, and constipation.

What is Bitter Almond?

Bitter almond is a dried mature fruit of the rose plant apricot. Harvest mature fruit in summer, remove pulp and core-shell, take out seeds, drying. Bitter almond is bitter, lukewarm, a small poison, into the lung, large intestine, with cough, asthma, moisten the effect of bowel laxative. In the clinic, it can treat cold cough, often used with sappellate leaf and Pinellia pinellia. Bitter almonds can also be used to treat a wind-heat cough with mulberry leaves and chrysanthemums. Bitter almond can also be used to treat lung heat cough, often with gypsum, anemarthrocyte, and other drugs.

Active ingredients

（1）amygdalin；emulsin；amygdalase

（2）Prunase；linoeic acid；5'-caffeoylquinic acid

（3）chlorogenic acid；neochlorogenic acid

（4）3'-caffeoylquinic acid；3'-feruloylquinic acid

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