Finger peach, the scientific name of traditional Chinese medicine. Has the effects of invigorating spleen, benefiting lung, promoting qi circulation, promoting diuresis, relaxing muscles and tendons, and activating collaterals. Indications are spleen deficiency, edema, anorexia, weakness, tuberculosis, cough, night sweats, leukorrhagia, postpartum lactation, rheumatalgia, edema, ascites due to liver cirrhosis, hepatitis and traumatic injury.
Pharmacology of Ficus hirta
Five-finger peach is a commonly used herb in Lingnan. It is made from the roots of Ficus Qinghai of Moraceae. It is flat in nature, sweet and pungent in taste, and has the functions of strengthening the spleen and benefiting the lungs, promoting diuresis and relaxing muscles and tendons. It can be used for treating spleen deficiency, edema, anorexia, cough, night sweats, rheumatic joint pain, and postpartum agalactia. In addition, Finger Peach is a kind of plant with homology of medicine and food, which is used to make soup in Guangdong folk. In recent years, Gynostemma pentaphyllum, a precious plant resource, has attracted great attention of pharmaceutical workers, and the research on its chemical composition and pharmacological activity has been deepened. It has been proved that psoralen is one of the main active components of Gynostemma pentaphyllum, which has antibacterial, antiviral, anticoagulant, antitumor and immunomodulatory effects.