Peach Kernel and Rhubarb Decoction

Peach Kernel and Rhubarb Decoction,For unbearable pain in the chest and abdomen resembling a food-induced illness; or for sudden onset of severe food-induced illness causing agitation and stabbing pain so intense it feels like death.

Formulas Name : Peach Kernel and Rhubarb Decoction

Chinese Name : 桃仁大黄汤

Drug Formulation

2 liang of Ghost Arrow Feather, 60 peach kernels (with skin and tips removed), 4 liang of peony root,2 liang of Paeoniae Radix (peel removed), 1 liang of Citrus Peel, 2 liang of Angelicae Radix, 5 liang of Fresh Ginger, 2 liang of Cinnamomi Cortex, 1 liang of Bupleurum Root, 2 liang of Cinnabar (ground; add after the decoction is complete), 1 fen of Musk (ground; add after the decoction is complete), 2 liang of Mirabilite (ground; add after the decoction is complete), and 3 liang of Rheum officinale (soaked separately).

Source

From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 7 of *Wai Tai*.

Processing

Chop the ingredients as above.

Benefits

For unbearable pain in the chest and abdomen resembling a food-induced illness; or for sudden onset of severe food-induced illness causing agitation and stabbing pain so intense it feels like death.

Instructions for Use

Boil in 9 sheng of water over high heat until reduced to 3 sheng; divide into 3 doses to be taken while warm, spaced 6–7 doses apart as one would walk. Once the patient has 3–4 loose, well-formed bowel movements, recovery is assured.

Peach Kernel and Rhubarb Decoction,From *Cui’s Formulas*, cited in Volume 7 of *Wai Tai*.,For unbearable pain in the chest and abdomen resembling a food-induced illness; or for sudden onset of severe food-induced illness causing agitation and stabbing pain so intense it feels like death.

More Herbs Formulas

Secretly Transmitted Immortal’s Legacy Powder

Secretly Transmitted Immortal’s Legacy Powder,From *The Comprehensive Compendium of Medical Principles*, Volume 9.,For chronic syphilis with chronic discharge, pain in the tendons and bones; and mercury poisoning.

Blood Bi Decoction

Blood Bi Decoction,From *Chengfang Qieyong*, Volume 5.,Blood-Bi often causes startle reactions and spasms in the tendons and vessels.

Universal Hawthorn Pills

Universal Hawthorn Pills,*Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Medicine Formulas from Beijing*.,For gastrointestinal stagnation, undigested food, abdominal distension due to mass accumulation, and chest and diaphragm discomfort.

Small Tangerine Peel Pills

Small Tangerine Peel Pills,From *Formulas of the Imperial Pharmacy*, Volume 3.,Indicated for epigastric fullness and oppression, distension and fullness in the abdomen and flanks, slow digestion, retching and nausea, a bitter taste in the mouth with loss of appetite, restlessness and fatigue in the limbs, irregular bowel movements (alternating between constipation and diarrhea).

Chen’s Millet Decoction

Chen’s Millet Decoction,*Formulas for Universal Relief*, Volume 288.,Dry vomiting due to a back abscess. This is caused by a prior condition of heat and thirst, followed by excessive consumption of cold liquids, resulting in stomach cold.

Three-Flower Divine Protection Pills

Three-Flower Divine Protection Pills,*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 8.,For central fullness and abdominal distension, wheezing, coughing, dysuria, and oppression; all types of edema and distension caused by water and dampness; accumulation of damp-heat and intestinal sludge leading to disease; chronic illnesses that persist, resulting in jaundice, emaciation, and exhaustion, with stagnation of qi and blood that cannot … Read more

Immortal Bone-Transforming Pill

Immortal Bone-Transforming Pill,From *Medical Origins* (Volume Middle).,This formula treats stagnation of qi and blood, stagnation of the nutritive and defensive qi, and the interplay of wind, heat, and dampness within the tendons and bones, resulting from internal deficiency on one side of the body, which manifests as hemiplegia. It addresses conditions caused by qi affected … Read more

Male Mouse Droppings Pills

Male Mouse Droppings Pills,*Shenghui*, Volume 66.,For scrofula caused by heat toxins, where the mass is hard and refuses to dissipate.

Black Jade Pill

Black Jade Pill,From *Ji Feng*, Volume 10.,Hemoptysis. Initially accompanied by a foul, fishy odor; discharge of clear fluid; fullness and distension in the epigastrium and flanks; loss of appetite; dizziness; and intermittent bleeding from the front or rear.

Longevity and Life-Extending Pill

Longevity and Life-Extending Pill,From *The Collection of Wonderful Formulas for Nourishing Life*, Volume 2, citing Ji Quanzhen’s formula.,

Precious Pill for Dispelling Wind

Precious Pill for Dispelling Wind,From *Hui Chun*, Volume 4.,For epilepsy caused by wind-heat.

Enhanced Shengjiang Powder

Enhanced Shengjiang Powder,*Excerpts from the *Treatise on Epidemic Fevers*.,For epidemic plague characterized by intense fever throughout the body, intermittent chills, thirst with a desire for cold drinks, a thick, white, dry, and cracked tongue coating, mental confusion, red eyes, severe constipation, and scanty, red urine.

Ginseng and Gypsum Decoction

Ginseng and Gypsum Decoction,*Xuanming Lun*, Volume 6.,For persistent cough due to cold damage accompanied by restlessness; and for wind-heat headaches with mental confusion and drowsiness.

Anti-inflammatory and Cataract-Removing Pills

Anti-inflammatory and Cataract-Removing Pills,*Selected Cases in Traditional Chinese Medicine*.,Red, swollen, and painful eyes; corneal opacity (corneal ulcer).

Seven-Ingredient Rhinoceros Horn Decoction

Seven-Ingredient Rhinoceros Horn Decoction,*Shengji Zonglu*, Volume 108.,Wind-pathogen attacking the eyes, causing severe pain and cloudiness.

Priceless Treasure Ointment

Priceless Treasure Ointment,*Selected Essentials of Surgical Treatises*, Volume 8.,Erectile dysfunction in the elderly.

Modified Ejiao Decoction

Modified Ejiao Decoction,*Therapeutics of Traditional Chinese Gynecology*,Blood heat, spontaneous vaginal bleeding, flushed face and red lips, heat in the palms, dry throat and mouth, scanty and yellow urine, red tongue with a yellow and dry coating, rapid and slippery pulse.

Divine Throat-Blowing Powder

Divine Throat-Blowing Powder,*Ji Feng*, Volume 21.,Throat constriction caused by riding a horse, as well as throat constriction accompanied by swelling and pain.

Summer-Heat-Dispelling Powder

Summer-Heat-Dispelling Powder,From *San Yin*, Volume 5.,For heatstroke and latent heat, manifested as dizziness and blurred vision, vomiting and diarrhea, restlessness and thirst, chills in the back, and a greasy complexion.

Miraculous Pain-Relieving Powder

Miraculous Pain-Relieving Powder,*A Clear Illumination of the Origins and Course of Miscellaneous Diseases*, Volume 28.,For cases where a buttock abscess has ruptured but the toxic heat has not subsided, causing unrelenting severe pain and making it impossible to sit or lie down comfortably day or night.

Break-the-Wall and Capture-the-King Decoction

Break-the-Wall and Capture-the-King Decoction,From *Zongfu of Laryngology*, Volume 3.,Yellow Throat Caused by Epidemic Fever.

Dian’an Decoction

Dian’an Decoction,*Compendium of Medicine*, Volume 2.,For physical weakness with internal cold, chills, vomiting, and diarrhea, accompanied by restlessness.

Xianxue Pills

Xianxue Pills,From *The Collection of Immortal Insights*, Volume 2.,For nine types of chest pain.

Jinfei Cao Powder

Jinfei Cao Powder,From *Compendium of Miasma Disorders*, Volume 4.,Lung-type common cold, with dizziness, headache, and cough with copious phlegm.

Malaria Ointment

Malaria Ointment,From *Collection of National Prescriptions for Traditional Chinese Medicines* (Yuxian Formula).,For all types of malaria—whether characterized by chills followed by fever or fever followed by chills—regardless of whether the condition is acute or chronic.