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Peach Blossom Decoction

Pin Yin: Tao Hua Tang

Category: Restrain leakage from Intestines
Additional Categories: Warm Middle and dispel Cold

Actions:
   Warms the Middle Burner, binds up the Intestines and stops diarrhea;
  ---used to symptomatically relieve diarrhea due to Vacuity of Spleen and Kidney Yang, leading to Large Intestine Cold Dampness; stools may contain pus and dark blood, but lack strongly offensive odor.
   (See Spleen Yang Vacuity; Kidney Yang Vacuity; Large Intestine Cold Dampness .)

Medicinals

Dosages (Qian)

Halloysitum Rubrum [chi shi zhi]

Zingiberis, Rz [gan jiang]

Oryzae, S [jing mi]

Associated Modern Diseases: ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, peptic ulcer, chronic dysentery, hemorrhoids.

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