Peach blossoms, with their beautiful colors, are not only for viewing but also have medicinal properties. They contain ingredients such as shan nai acid, vanillin, trilobatin, naringenin, vitamins A, B, C, etc. They have a bitter taste, neutral nature, and are non-toxic. They can be used for treating diseases both internally and externally. Peach blossoms are also excellent for beauty care.
The ancient book "Ancient and Modern Secret Garden" states: "On the third day of the third lunar month, collect peach blossoms, and on the seventh day of the seventh lunar month, collect chicken blood. Mix the two together into a paste and apply it to the face. After three days, the skin will become radiant."
Tinea capitis (scalp ringworm)
Dry a suitable amount of peach blossoms in the shade, and mix them with equal parts of mulberry fruit. Grind them into a powder and mix with lard. Wash the scabs clean and apply the mixture to the affected area.
Freckles
Take 50 grams of peach blossoms and 50 grams of winter melon seeds (without shells), grind them into a fine powder, and mix with honey. Apply it to the affected area several times a day.
Constipation
①Take 4 grams of fresh peach blossom petals (2 grams for dried), rinse and drain. Cook 100 grams of polished rice into porridge with appropriate water, then add the peach blossom petals and boil. Eat it once a day for several consecutive days. This remedy is suitable for those with dry heat constipation. However, peach blossoms are cold in nature and should not be taken for a long time.
②Take 30 grams each of peach blossoms, winter mulberry seeds, talc, and betel nuts. Grind them into a fine powder. Take 6 grams each time, mixed with scallion white soup before meals.
For edema, take 30 grams of peach blossoms and decoct them in water to drink.
For athlete's foot, dry peach blossoms and grind them into powder. Take 3 grams each time and swallow with clear soup.
For foot ulcers (eczema on the feet), mix peach blossoms and salt together, mash them, and apply vinegar to the affected area.
For malaria, take an appropriate amount of peach blossoms, grind them into powder, and take 3 grams each time, swallow with hot water.
Beauty care
①Take 30 grams of peach blossoms, 9 grams each of cloves, fennel, frankincense, patchouli, and agarwood. Grind them into a fine powder and mix with honey to form pills. Take 7 pills every morning. (Empress Dowager Cixi's beauty recipe)
②Take 100 grams of peach blossoms, 30 grams of safflower, 100 grams of winter melon seeds, and 100 grams of angelica dahurica. Roast and grind them into a fine powder, and mix with milk to make a paste. Apply it to the face as a mask. Use it once a day for long-term application to make the skin rosy and fair. It also has a certain effect on freckles and melasma.
Abdominal pain
①Dry peach blossoms and take 9 grams each time, decoct them in water and drink. Reduce the dosage by half for children.
②Take a suitable amount of dried peach blossoms, grind them into a fine powder, and take 6 grams each time (1.5 grams for children), swallow with hot water.
For pustular sores, grind peach blossoms into powder and take 3 grams each time, three times a day, with hot water after meals.
Itchy skin
Dry peach blossoms, grind them into a fine powder, and mix with honey to make an ointment. Apply it to the affected area. This remedy is particularly suitable for treating springtime skin itching.
Back acne and carbuncle
Collect peach blossoms in the morning with dew, mash them together with vinegar, and apply the juice to the affected area.
Edema and ascites
Roast and dry white peach blossoms, grind them into a fine powder, and take about 5 grams each time, mixed with honey and water. This remedy can also be used to treat foot swelling, constipation, and difficulty urinating.
Acute infectious hepatitis
Take 10-15 grams each of peach blossoms and white herbaceous peony, decoct them in water and drink.
