HERB FORMULAS

TAO HUA TANG

English: Peach Blossom Decoction
Also Known As:

HERBS AND ACTIONS

Pharmaceutical Latin
Pin Yin
Dosage
Actions
Halloysitum Rubrum Chi Shi Zhi 30-48g Astringes the Intestines, stops diarrhea, astringes the Blood and stops bleeding.
Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang 3-10g Warms the Middle, expels Cold, rescues Devastated Yang and expels Interior Cold.
Nonglutinous Rice Jing Mi 30g Tonifies Yang and tonifies Qi.
(Sm. Oryzae) (Geng Mi) (30g) (Can substitute for Jing Mi.)

FORMULA ACTIONS

  • Warms the Middle
  • Dispels Cold
  • Astringes the Intestines
  • Stops dysenteric disorders

SYNDROMES

  • Dysentery and diarrhea due to Middle Jiao Deficiency Cold

CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS

  • Dysentery with dark blood and pus in the stool
  • Abdominal pain which is better with warmth and pressure
  • T: Dysuria
  • Pale
  • C: Normal
  • P: Slow and frail or Faint and thin

TREATS

  • Chronic dysentery
  • Bacterial dysentery
  • Amebic dysentery
  • Enteritis
  • Ulcerative colitis
  • Crohn's disease
  • Peptic ulcer
  • Hemorrhoids
  • Dysfunctional uterine bleeding
  • Celiac syndrome
  • Leukorrhagia
  • Rectal ulcer
  • Rectal cancer
  • Periproctosis

CONTRAINDICATIONS AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with dysenteric disorders due to Damp-Heat.
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

NOTES

MODIFICATIONS

For more severe disorders with incontinence of stool: For more severe abdominal pain:
+ Rx. Codonopsis Dang Shen + Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
+ Roasted Sm. Myristicae Wei Rou Dou Kou + Ram. Cinnamomi Gui Zhi
For icy-cold hands and feet and a deep, faint pulse:
For chronic Intestinal Wind with bleeding:
+ Rx. lateralis Aconiti Preparata Zhi Fu Zi - Rz. Zingiberis Gan Jiang
For chronic leukorrhea from Spleen and Kidney Deficiency:
 + Rz. Zingiberis Preparata Pao Jiang
+ Four Miracle Pill
Si Shen Wan
For chronic amebic dysentery
For Yang Deficiency with Excess Cold:
- Nonglutinous Rice Jing Mi
+ Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen + Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao
+ Rx. lateralis Aconiti Preparata Zhi Fu Zi + Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu
+ Fried Rx. Glycyrrhizae Zhi Gan Cao + Concha Ostreae Mu Li
or
+ Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu
+ Prepared Aconite Pill to Regulate the Middle
Fu Zi Li Zhong Wan
+ Rx. Fraxini Qin Pi
For severe abdominal pain:
For lumbago and intolerance of Cold due to Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiencies:
+ Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui + Sm. Myristicae Rou Dou Kou
+ Rx. Paeoniae Alba Bai Shao
For Spleen Yang Deficiency with Cold-Damp invasion with profuse, thin odorless leukorrhea:
    + Rx. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
    + Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi