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Xing Ren

Also Known As:

Amygdaloside, Apricots, Armeniaca, Chinese Almond, Laetrile, Madelonitrile, Vitamin B17. Prunus armeniaca.
Family: Rosaceae.

Xing Ren                 Properties: BITTER  - WARM/TOXIC                          Dosage:3 – 9g.

Apricot Seed                  Meridian: LARGE INTESTINE, LUNG

-stop cough and calm wheezing due to hot or cold

                            -moistens intestines, unblocks bowels

                        -use bitter seeds (from north) not sweet seeds (from south)

Also Used For:

Orally, small amounts of toxic kernel constituent, hydrocyanic acid, a source of HCN is used orally for asthma, cough, and constipation.
Folk medicine, apricot is used orally for hemorrhage, infertility, eye inflammation, spasm, and vaginal infections.
Historically, laetrile, the semi-synthetic derivative of amygdalin constituent, has been fraudulently acclaimed as a cancer treatment.
In manufacturing, apricot oil is used in cosmetics or as a vehicle for pharmaceutical preparations.

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