HERB FORMULAS

TAO HUA TANG - 桃花汤 - PEACH BLOSSOM DECOCTION

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.
Sm. Oryzae Geng Mi 30g Tonifies Yang and tonifies Qi.

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
  • Dysuria
  • T: Pale
  • C: Normal
  • P: Slow and frail or Faint and thin

TREATS

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 amoebic dysentery
For Yang Deficiency with Excess Cold:
- Nonglutinous Rice Geng Mi
+ Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen + Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao
+ Rx. Aconiti Lateralis 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:
For bacterial dysentery:
+ Rx. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu
+ Rx. Ginseng Ren Shen
+ Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi + Fr. Psoraliae Bu Gu Zhi
For diarrhea:
For Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency:
+ Six Gentlemen Decoction with Aucklandia and Amomum
Xiang Sha Liu Jun Zi Tang
+ True Man’s Decoction to Nourish the Organs
Zhen Ren Yang Zang Tang
For Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency with severe Cold:
- Nonglutinous Rice Geng Mi
+ Poria Fu Ling
+ True Man’s Decoction to Nourish the Organs
Zhen Ren Yang Zang Tang
For Spleen and Kidney Yang Deficiency with severe prolapse:
- Nonglutinous Rice Geng Mi
+ True Man’s Decoction to Nourish the Organs
Zhen Ren Yang Zang Tang
 + Poria Fu Ling
+ 9-15g Rx. Aconiti Lateralis Preparata Zhi Fu Zi
- Nonglutinous Rice Geng Mi
+ Poria Fu Ling    
+12-15g Limonitum Yu Yu Liang    
+ 30-50g Rx. Astragali Huang Qi    
+ 6-9g Rx. Bupleuri Chai Hu    
+ 6-12g Rz. Cimicifugae Sheng Ma    
or
    
+ True Man’s Decoction to Nourish the Organs
Zhen Ren Yang Zang Tang
    
   
- Nonglutinous Rice Geng Mi    
+ Poria Fu Ling    
+ Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction
Bu Zhong Yi Qi Tang