Tao Ren
Persicae Semen
bitter, sweet, neutral
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Circulate Blood
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Menstrual disorders
- Abdominal pain
- Trauma
- Rib side pain
- Lung abscess
- Intestinal abscess
- Abdominal mass
- Cough
- Wheeze
- Constipation
Tao Ren is sweet, bitter, and neutral. It enters the liver, lung, large intestine, and heart systems. Its effect on the liver improves blood flow to the uterus for menstrual pathologies and rib side pain. It lung properties allows it to treat cough and wheezing. It enters the large intestine to treat constipation especially when it is dry hard stool. Its affinity to the heart makes Tao Ren useful for such conditions as angina pain.
Tao Ren is often combined with Hong Hua.
Channels: heart, large intestine, liver, lung
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Stomachache
- Dry hard stool
- Angina pain
- Rib pain
- Dyspnea
- Trauma
- Lung abscess
- Antitumor
Formulas:
- Bu Yang Huan Wu Tang
- Da Huang Mu Dan Tang
- Da Huang Zhe Chong Wan
- Di Dang Tang
- Fu Yuan Huo Xue Tang
- Ge Xia Zhu Yu Tang
- Gui Zhi Fu Ling Wan
- Ju He Wan
- Qian Jin Wei Jing Tang
- Run Chang Wan
- Shen Tong Zhu Yu Tang
- Sheng Hua Tang
- Shu Gan Tang
- Shu Jing Huo Xue Tang
- Tao He Cheng Qi Tang
- Tao Hong Si Wu Tang
- Tong Qiao Huo Xue Tang
- Tong You Tang
- Wei Jing Tang
- Wu Ren Wan
- Xue Fu Zhu Yu Tang
Contraindications: do not prescribe Tao Ren to pregnant patients or to patients that are blood deficient
Zoo Image: a cowboy roadrunner with a horse sitting on its tail is coughing while cracking a blood whip and shooting a water gun at some intestines