Formula

Peach Pit Decoction to Order the Qi

桃核承氣湯tao he cheng qi tang
1 source

5 herbs·from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage)

In the Shanghan Lun (《傷寒論》) tradition, this formula is described for an unresolved Taiyang illness in which heat binds in the bladder and the person behaves as if manic, with a tense, knotted lower abdomen — a blood-stasis pattern of the lower burner. A historical indication, not a modern diagnostic or treatment recommendation.

Source
传统主治（traditional context, not a modern clinical claim）：太陽病不解，熱結膀胱，其人如狂，血自下，下者愈。…

Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage)《伤寒论》辨太阳病脉证并治·桃核承氣湯（证治条文·宋本106）

References
  • Self-authored English rendering of the classical formula name (pinyin + sense translation); not a verbatim excerpt, no modern proprietary source.
Composition
  • Peach Kernel (Tao ren)五十箇（去皮尖）
  • Rhubarb Root四兩
  • Cassia Twig (Gui zhi)二兩（去皮）
  • Licorice二兩（炙）
  • Pu xiao (crude mirabilite)二兩
Citations
  • Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《伤寒论》辨太阳病脉证并治·桃核承氣湯（组成·宋本106）Cited from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) for its composition.
  • Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《伤寒论》辨太阳病脉证并治·桃核承氣湯（证治条文·宋本106）；hash 锚 carrier 逐字唯一片段（含方名/组成上下文）Cited from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) for its traditional indications.
  • Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) · Zhang Zhongjing · 《伤寒论》辨太阳病脉证并治·桃核承氣湯（煎服法·宋本106）Cited from Shanghan Lun (Treatise on Cold Damage) for its preparation & usage.