What Chinese medicine should I take for damp-heat in the intestines?

Every part of the human body is at risk of loss, especially the gastrointestinal tract, if there is indigestion, it may lead to moisture accumulation. In summer, people often suffer from gastrointestinal diseases due to intestinal dampness and heat. Severe gastrointestinal diseases can cause dehydration and shock, so gastrointestinal diseases should never be ignored. So what Chinese patent medicine should a person take when he or she suffers from intestinal dampness and heat?

Chinese patent medicine for treating damp-heat in the large intestine

Wet heat tablets

Ingredients: Rhubarb, Atractylodes (soaked), Notopterygium wilfordii, processed Chuanwu, Honeysuckle, Sophora japonica flower (fried charcoal), Platycladus orientalis leaf (fried charcoal), red ochre (processed), Areca catechu (fried), bitter almond.

Properties: This product is a sugar-coated tablet, which is brown after removing the sugar coating; it tastes bitter.

Function: Mainly used to clear away heat and dampness, astringe the intestines and stop dysentery. It is used for abdominal pain, diarrhea, and bloody dysentery, which are caused by damp-heat in the large intestine.

Bupi Yichang Pills

Ingredients: Astragalus, Codonopsis (fried with rice), Amomum villosum, White Peony Root, Angelica (fried with earth), Atractylodes (fried with earth), Cinnamon; Vinegar Corydalis, Lychee Seed, Roasted Ginger, Roasted Licorice, Saposhnikovia, Costus Root, Salted Psoralea corylifolia, Calcined red ochre. The auxiliary materials are polyacrylic acid resin II, refined honey, talcum powder, castor oil, ethanol, starch, medicinal charcoal, insect wax and monosaccharide syrup.

Properties: This product is a black coated water-honey pill; two layers can be seen on the cross section, the outer layer is brown to dark brown, the inner layer is yellow brown to red brown; it has a fragrant smell and tastes sweet, spicy and slightly bitter.

Function: Mainly used to tonify the middle and replenish qi, strengthen the spleen and stomach, astringe the intestines and stop diarrhea. It is used for diarrhea caused by spleen deficiency, with clinical manifestations of diarrhea, abdominal pain, abdominal distension, and intestinal rumbling.

Xianglian Pills

Properties: This product is a light yellow to yellowish brown water pill with a slight odor and a bitter taste.

Main effects: clearing away heat and dampness, promoting qi and relieving pain.

Applicable diseases: It is used for dysentery caused by damp-heat in the large intestine, with symptoms of bloody stool, tenesmus, fever and abdominal pain; enteritis and bacterial dysentery with the above symptoms.

These medicines can be applied externally to treat damp-heat in the large intestine

1) Take appropriate amount of Sophora flavescens powder, mix it with warm water to make a paste and apply it on the navel.

2) Grind appropriate amount of Gardenia into fine powder, mix with egg white to make a paste, and apply it to the Yongquan acupoints on both feet.

3) Grind alum, schisandra chinensis, and gallnut into fine powder, mix with boiling water to make a paste, and apply to the Shenque point.

4) Anti-dysentery paste, tooth soap, asarum, 6 scallions (wipe off the dirt, do not wash), 2 snails, and wheat koji. Mix all the medicines, mash them into a paste, apply it to the Shenque point, cover it with gauze or a bandage to secure it, and replace it when the medicine dries.

5) Rexie San: Mix coptis root, talcum powder, magnolia officinalis, and rutaecarpa, grind them into powder, sieve, take out the powder, spread it on the middle of 2 to 8 square centimeters of adhesive tape, and stick it on Shenque and Dachangshu respectively, changing it once a day.

6) Grind rhubarb, or gansui and euphorbia into fine powder, apply it to the navel with vinegar and fix it. Suitable for patients with abdominal distension caused by epidemic toxic dysentery.

This article has compiled 3 Chinese patent medicines for treating damp-heat in the large intestine. It is worth mentioning that before taking these Chinese patent medicines, you must consult a doctor to see if the medicines are suitable for your symptoms so that you can get the right medicine for your condition.