Peanuts are food, and do not have the same effect as drugs, while the peanut seed coat can be used as medicine, with the effect of reducing swelling, pain, bleeding. Peanuts belong to the legume family, edible fruit, containing protein, fat, copper, magnesium, iron, phosphorus, vitamin C, vitamin E, niacin, pantothenic acid and a variety of amino acids and other nutrients. Peanuts belong to the food, has a certain nutritional value, but can not play the same as the efficacy of medicine, and does not have the role of treatment of disease. However, the red seed coat of peanut, also known as peanut clothes, belongs to a Chinese medicine, has the effect of reducing swelling, pain, bleeding, adverse reactions and contraindications are not clear, it is recommended that the patient in the Chinese medicine practitioner’s identification of the guidance of the use of medication.