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 Blood, Astringes the Intestines, Stops bleeding, Stops diarrhea.
Rz. Zingiberis	Gan Jiang	3-10g	Expels Cold, Rescues Devastated Yang and expels Interior Cold, Warms the Middle.
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
• Injury to the Collaterals of the Intestines with Spleen & Kidney Yang deficiency (Secondary source)

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

Chronic dysentery Bacterial dysentery Amoebic dysentery Enteritis Ulcerative colitis Chronic colitis Crohn's disease Peptic ulcer Irritable bowel syndrome Rectal cancer

Hemorrhoids Dysfunctional uterine bleeding Celiac syndrome Leukorrhagia Rectal ulcer Rectal cancer Periproctosis Abdominal fullness and distention Diarrhea

Contraindications And 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