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Peach Pit Decoction to Order the Qi

Pin Yin: Tao He Cheng Qi Tang

Category: Quicken Blood, Transform Stasis
Additional Categories: Purge Heat Accumulation

Actions:
   Drains and purges Heat from Lower Burner, and breaks up Blood Stasis;
  ---used for Stagnation of Blood and of Heat in the Lower Burner with clumping (focal distention, hardness, and pain), with possible symptoms including acute lower abdominal pain, amenorrhea, or dysmenorrhea.
   (See Blood Stasis; Interior Heat .)

Medicinals

Dosages (Qian)

Persicae, S [tao ren]

4-5

Rhei, Rz [da huang]

Cinnamomi, Rml [gui zhi]

Mirabilitum (= Magnesia Sulfaricum; Natrum Sulfaricum) [mang xiao]

Glycyrrhizae, Rx [gan cao]

Cautions:
Contraindicated during pregnancy.

Associated Modern Diseases: amenorrhea, irregular menstruation, dysmenorrhea, lochioschesis, acute endometritis, pelvic inflammatory disease, intestinal obstruction.

Formulas with similar or subset of ingredients: Rhubarb and Moutan Decoction [Da Huang Mu DanTang].

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