Guangshui Rouge Red Fresh Peach

Guangshui Rouge Red Fresh Peach

Guangshui Rouge Red Fresh Peach is a geographical indication agricultural product.

　　"Guangshui Rouge Red Fresh Peach" is a traditionally cultivated peach variety in our city and a specialty of Guangshui. The skin of the "Guangshui Rouge Red Fresh Peach" features a mottled pattern of red spots and streaks resembling a painted face, while the flesh is deep red or purplish-red, tender and crisp with abundant juice and sweet taste. After eating, one's lips appear as if coated with "rouge red" lipstick—hence the name "Rouge Red." The "Rouge Red" peach is highly nutritious: it helps replenish qi and blood, nourish yin and promote body fluids, making it suitable for those recovering from serious illness who suffer from qi and blood deficiency, sallow complexion, emaciation, palpitations, and shortness of breath; it is also rich in iron, making it an ideal supplementary food for patients with iron-deficiency anemia; it contains more potassium and less sodium, making it suitable for people with edema; the peach kernel can activate blood circulation to dissipate blood stasis and moisten the intestines to relieve constipation, and is used as an adjunct treatment for conditions such as amenorrhea and bruises; extracts from the peach kernel have anticoagulant effects, suppress the cough center to relieve coughing, and can also lower blood pressure, making it useful as an adjunct treatment for high blood pressure patients. The cultivation area exceeds 2,000 mu, with an annual output of 1,500 tons and output value of over 11 million yuan.

　　Nutritional Analysis of Guangshui Rouge Red Fresh Peach

　　1. Peaches help replenish qi and blood, nourish yin and promote body fluids, making them suitable for those recovering from serious illness who suffer from qi and blood deficiency, sallow complexion, emaciation, palpitations, and shortness of breath;

　　2. Peaches are rich in iron, making them an ideal supplementary food for patients with iron-deficiency anemia;

　　3. Peaches contain more potassium and less sodium, making them suitable for people with edema;

　　4. Peach kernels can activate blood circulation to dissipate blood stasis and moisten the intestines to relieve constipation, and are used as an adjunct treatment for conditions such as amenorrhea and bruises;

　　5. Extracts from peach kernels have anticoagulant effects, suppress the cough center to relieve coughing, and can also lower blood pressure, making them useful as an adjunct treatment for high blood pressure patients.

　　Geographical Scope

　　The protected geographical indication area of Guangshui Rouge Red Fresh Peach (Da Hong Pao) is defined according to the scope designated in the letter "On Delimiting the Protected Geographical Indication Area of Guangshui Rouge Red Fresh Peach Agricultural Product" (Guang Nong Han [2009] No. 3) issued by the Guangshui Agriculture Bureau. The protected area includes the current administrative regions of 14 towns and townships in Guangshui City, Hubei Province: Yangzhai Town, Taiping Township, Lidian Township, Shili Office, Chenxiang Town, Luodian Township, Changling Town, Maping Town, Guanmiao Town, Yudian Town, Caihe Town, Haodian Town, Wudian Town, and Chengjiao Township. It spans from 113°32′ to 114°08′ east longitude and 31°32′ to 32°06′ north latitude. The region stretches 78.7 km from north to south and 57.5 km from east to west. The terrain is higher in the north and lower in the south, with the highest peak, Dagui Mountain, reaching an elevation of 907.80 meters in the north, and the lowest point, the Pinglin Riverbed in the southwest, at 37 meters above sea level.