Peach Blossom Decoction

傷寒卒病論

Shaoyin disease, with diarrhea and pus and blood in the stool: Peach Blossom Decoction governs it. (Shang Han Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage))

Halloysite one jin (half sealed [in the decoction], half sifted into powder) Dried ginger one liang Glutinous rice one sheng The above three ingredients, with seven sheng of water, boil the rice until cooked, remove the dregs, take warm seven ge, add one square-inch-spoon of halloysite powder, take three times a day; if one dose cures, do not take the rest. (Treatise on Cold Damage and Miscellaneous Diseases)

Take the above three ingredients, add seven sheng of water, and boil the rice until cooked. Remove the dregs and take seven ge warm. Add one square-inch-spoon (6g) of red halloysite powder. Take three times a day. If one dose cures it, do not take the rest.

湯劑

Warm the middle and astringe the intestines to stop diarrhea.

Chronic dysentery that does not heal, with pus and blood in the stool, of a dark and dull color, abdominal pain that is relieved by warmth and pressure, a pale tongue body with a white coating, and a slow, weak pulse, or a faint, thin pulse.

This formula warms and astringes to stop dysentery and is suitable for chronic dysentery of deficiency-cold; therefore, it should not be used when diarrhea or dysentery has just begun with accumulation and stagnation. Even if it is chronic dysentery but with Damp-heat signs, it should not be used alone.