Traditional medicine kernels

Traditional Medicine. In traditional Chinese medicine, apricot (P. armeniaca) kernels are used as an antitussive and antiasthmatic and in treating tumors. Apricot tree inner bark in the form of a decoction is used in treating apricot kernel poisoning, reportedly with great success (jiANGSu). Sweet almond seed or seed oil has been used as a folk cancer remedy for bladder, breast, mouth, spleen, and uterine cancers, among others. 

Traditional Medicine. The dried seed kernels (ghazanfar) and carob flour has long been used as an antidiarrheal by people of the Mediterranean and Aegean regions. The ancient Egyptians used the pods in topical treatments of wounds and eye conditions, and internally in other conditions (manniche). A decoction of the pods has been used for catarrhal infections (uphof). 

Xin means heart in Chinese. In traditional Chinese medicine, the sprout, the kernel, as the heart of a plant, is considered to enter the Heart of the human body. In this formula, this idea presents clearly. 

Texts on traditional Chinese medicine indicate that peach kernel should not be used during pregnancy (Bensky et al. 2004 Chen and Chen 2004). 

The fruits, kernel and leaves of loquat are all used for medicinal purpose. The leaf of loquat is a well known Traditional Chinese Medicine used as anti-tussive and anti-inflammatory agent for acute and chronic bronchitis. Phytochemical studies 1-5) with this species have led to the isolation of many natural products including flavonoids, triterpenes and sesquiterpene glycoside. Some of the components have been found to have antioxidant (2), antiviral (4), cytotoxic (/) and hypoglycemic (5) properties. In the course of ongoing search for anti-tussive and anti-inflammatory components from this plant, an ethanolic extract of the leaves of . japonica was examined. We report here the isolation and structural determination of three new components as well as seventeen known compounds. 

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