Symptoms of damp-heat diarrhea

Damp-heat diarrhea is a common symptom in traditional Chinese medicine, and it is also a physical health problem that can cause a variety of adverse symptoms to patients. Generally speaking, patients with damp-heat diarrhea are more likely to suffer from diarrhea, abdominal pain and other problems, and these problems are all caused by damp heat in the body. Below, I will introduce in detail the symptoms, prescription and treatment methods, and dietary therapy methods of damp-heat diarrhea!

1. Symptoms

Diarrhea with abdominal pain, urgent diarrhea, or diarrhea without relief, yellow-brown stool with foul odor, burning sensation in the anus, or fever and thirst, short yellow urine, yellow and greasy tongue coating, and slippery and rapid or weak and rapid pulse.

2. Prescription and medicine treatment

You can use Gegenqinlian decoction [Remarks] Gegenqinlian decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases): Pueraria root, Scutellaria baicalensis, Coptis chinensis, and roasted licorice with added ingredients for treatment. In the formula, Scutellaria baicalensis and Coptis chinensis are bitter and cold, clearing heat and drying dampness; Pueraria root relieves muscles, clears heat, and raises clear fluid to stop diarrhea. You can add honeysuckle to help clear away heat; Poria cocos, Akebia trifoliata and Plantago seed can enhance the effect of removing dampness, so that the dampness and heat can be eliminated, and the diarrhea can be stopped.

If the dampness is more serious, the symptoms include fullness and stuffiness in the chest and abdomen, no thirst, or thirst without desire to drink, thick and greasy yellow tongue coating, and weak pulse. Pingwei San can be used in combination. [Remarks] Pingwei San (Taiping Huimin Hejijufang): Atractylodes, Magnolia officinalis, Tangerine peel, Licorice, Ginger, and Jujube to dry out dampness and relieve fullness. Those suffering from food stagnation should add Shenqu, malt and hawthorn to help digest the food and relieve the stagnation. During the hottest time of summer, diarrhea occurs, with symptoms of watery diarrhea, spontaneous sweating, facial dirt, thirst, and red urine. You can add Patchouli, Elsholtzia, lentil skins, lotus leaves and other drugs to clear away heat and eliminate dampness.

3. Recommended Dietary Therapy

1. Three Treasures Porridge (Medical Records of Combining Chinese and Western Medicine): 30g raw yam, 6g Panax notoginseng, 50 pieces of Brucea javanica. Put the chopped yam into the pot, add 4 cups of cold water, mix the chopped yam and cook porridge. When cooking, stir the juice with chopsticks constantly. It will be cooked after one or two boils, and you will have about a large bowl of porridge. Use it to take Panax notoginseng powder and Brucea javanica. Take twice a day, morning and evening on an empty stomach.

2. Purslane porridge (Taiping Shenghui Fang): 150g purslane, 100g japonica rice. Wash purslane, cut into small pieces and set aside. Add purslane and japonica rice to water and cook together. Bring to a boil over high heat, then simmer over low heat until porridge is ready. Do not add salt or vinegar, and eat lightly on an empty stomach.

3. Wheat bran cake (Compendium of Materia Medica): 100g wheat bran, 100g flour, and appropriate amount of salt. Put wheat bran and flour in a bowl, add salt water and knead the dough to make cakes.