Taohe Chengqi Decoction is a classical prescription for the treatment of blood storage syndrome in Shanghan Lun.Doctors of all dynasties interpreted the pathogenesis of Taohe Chengqi Decoction as the stagnation of stasis and heat,and the mainstream view about the importance of'stasis'and'heat'is that heat is more important than stasis,but the clinical cases of'heat is more important than stasis'are not common in reality.Through the detailed analysis of the original text of Taohe Chengqi Decoction,combined with symptom,textual research,prescription,mid disease reaction and medical case examples,this paper believes that the pathogenesis of this prescription is stagnation of stasis and heat,but stasis is more serious than heat.This analysis may provide new ideas for accurate clinical application of this prescription and related research.
Taohe Chengqi DecoctionPathogenesisStagnation of stasis and heatStasis is more serious than heatShanghan LunZHANG ZhongjingClassical prescription