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What is a five-finger peach?
Five-finger peach is the name of traditional Chinese medicine, which is the root of Ficus fischeriana of Moraceae.

Syzygium pentaphyllum is a Moraceae plant, which is widely distributed in the mountainous area of northern Guangdong. It grows naturally in deep valleys. Its leaves are like five fingers, there are fine hairs on the leaves, and the fruit is like a peach when it matures, so it is named, with a sweet smell, mild nature and overflowing aroma. Five-finger peach is a kind of plant with the same origin as edible medicine, which is used to make soup in Guangdong folk.

Skills of purchasing five-finger peaches;

1, depending on the color, brown is the best, but the color of the wild environment is different because of the different soil quality;

2, pick the texture, the active ingredients of thick black are less, and the roots are fine;

3, smell, no sulfur smell, good five-finger peach has a faint coconut fragrance.