Tao Hua Tang
táo hūa tāng, "Peach Blossom Decoction"

Translated Name: Peach Blossom Decoction

Category:

Decoction

Is this Formula effective in the clinic?

Pinyin Pronunciation:

Components (3):

	Herb	Common Name	Quantity	Unit
赤石脂	Chi Shi Zhi	halloysite, kaolin	30	grams
乾薑	Gan Jiang	dried ginger rhizome	9	grams
粳米	Geng Mi	hulled or husked, uncooked non-glutinous rice	30	grams

Tongue:

Pale

Pulse:

Rate: slow

Qualities: Thready (Fine, Thin), Weak (Frail)

Cautions:

No caution data at this time

Reference Source:

Modifications:

	+1 White-eagle Perry '''Add Herb (秦皮, ) Qin Pi''' '''Add Herb (地榆, earth elm) Di Yu''' '''Add Herb (山藥, mountain herb) Shan Yao''' '''Add Herb (龍骨, dragon bone) Long Gu''' '''Add Herb (牡蠣, oyster shell) Mu Li''' '''Remove Herb (粳米, Rice) Geng Mi''': For chronic amebic dysentery - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p359 details... add comment

'''Add Herb

(生薑, fresh ginger)

Sheng Jiang''' '''Add Herb

(吳茱萸, southern evodia)

Wu Zhu Yu''' '''Add Herb

(大棗, big date)

Da Zao''' '''Add Herb

(補骨脂, tonify bone resin)

Bu Gu Zhi''' '''Add Herb

(五味子, five-flavored seed)

Wu Wei Zi''' '''Add Herb

(肉豆蔻, fleshy cardamon)

Rou Dou Kou''': For chronic leukorrhea from Spleen and Kidney deficiency - refer to:
Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet
, p359 details...

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	+1 White-eagle Perry '''Add Herb (黨蔘, group root) Dang Shen''' '''Add Herb (肉豆蔻, fleshy cardamon) Rou Dou Kou''': For more severe abandoned disorders with incontinence of stool ~ this should be Wei (肉豆蔻, fleshy cardamon) Rou Dou Kou (dry fried) - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p359 details... add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry '''Add Herb (桂枝, cinnamon twig, cassia twig) Gui Zhi''' '''Add Herb (白芍, white peony) Bai Shao ''': For more severe abdominal pain - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p359 details... add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry '''Add Herb (附子, "appendage") Fu Zi ''': For icy-cold hands and feet and a submerged faint pulse - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p359 details... add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry '''Remove Herb (乾薑, dried ginger) Gan Jiang''': For chronic Intestinal wind with bleeding ~ substitute Pao Jiang (charred (乾薑, dried ginger) Gan Jiang) for (乾薑, dried ginger) Gan Jiang - refer to: Author: Dan Bensky and Randall Barolet , p359 details... add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry Chronic dysenteric disorders with dark blood and pus in the stool add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry Abdominal pain that responds favorably to local pressure or warmth add comment

	+1 Elizabeth Jaynes Chronic dysenteric disorders with dark blood and pus in the stool add comment

	+1 Elizabeth Jaynes Abdominal pain that responds favorably to local pressure or warmth add comment

	+1 White-eagle Perry Ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, peptic ulcer, chronic dysentery, or hemorrhoids add comment