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Tao Hua Tang (桃花湯) warms the middle and binds the Intestines; for chronic dysentery or diarrhoea with bleeding from deficiency-cold of the Spleen and Kidney.
English Name
Peach Blossom Decoction
Classical Source
Shang Han Lun, c. 220 CE
Ingredients
- Chi Shi Zhi (bind/stop bleeding) – chief; Gan Jiang (warm)
- Geng Mi (rice, support the middle)
Actions & Functions
- Warms the middle and binds the Intestines
- Stops chronic diarrhoea/dysentery and bleeding
Indications
Deficiency-cold chronic dysentery: unremitting diarrhoea or dysentery with pus and dull-coloured blood, abdominal pain that likes warmth and pressure, and no tenesmus.
Tongue & Pulse
Tongue: pale with a white coat. Pulse: deep, slow and weak.
Modifications
For acute damp-heat dysentery this is contraindicated.
Cautions & Contraindications
Only for chronic deficiency-cold dysentery, never acute damp-heat dysentery.
