桃花湯

The Prescription of 桃花湯

Source

The book Shang Han Lun

Ingredients

• Chi Shi Zhi (Halloysitum Rebrum) 30 g,
• Jing Mi (Semen Oryzae Sativae) 30 g,
• Gan Jiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis) 9 g.

Explanation

Chi Shi Zhi: The principal drug, being heavy and warm in nature, astringing the intestines to relieve diarrhea.

Gan Jiang: Warming the middle-Jiao to expel pathogenic cold.

Jing Mi: Nourishing the stomach and regulating the function of the rniddle-Jiao.

The Effect of 桃花湯

Effect

Warming up the middle-Jiao to astringe the intestines.

Indications

Syndrome due to deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach, marked by protracted dysentery, deep-colored stools with pus and blood, dysuria, abdominal pain alleviated by warming and pressing, pale tongue with whitish coating, and feeble thready pulse; including such diseases with the above symptoms as amebic dysentery, chronic bacillary dysentery and chronic enteritis.

Administrations

Decocted in water for oral dose to be taken twice.