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Tao He Cheng Qi Tang (桃核承氣湯) drains heat and breaks up blood stasis through the stool; for blood stasis bound with heat in the lower burner.
English Name
Peach Pit Decoction to Order the Qi
Classical Source
Shang Han Lun, c. 220 CE
Ingredients
Actions & Functions
- Breaks up blood stasis and drains heat downward
Indications
Blood stasis with heat in the lower burner: lower abdominal pain and fullness that resists pressure, mania-like irritability at night, amenorrhoea or dysmenorrhoea with clots, and constipation.
Tongue & Pulse
Tongue: dark or purplish with a yellow coat. Pulse: deep, full and choppy or rapid.
Modifications
Used short-term; adjust dose of Da Huang/Mang Xiao to the bowels.
Cautions & Contraindications
Contraindicated in pregnancy and in deficiency without stasis-heat.
