What is the best medicine for diarrhea caused by damp heat?

There are many types of diseases in modern life, which often have a great impact on people's health. Some problems accumulate slowly and break out at a certain stage, bringing great health disasters to people. This is the problem of damp heat, which is a serious health problem encountered by people. Damp heat first easily leads to diarrhea. Let's take a look at what is the best medicine for diarrhea caused by damp heat?

Damp-heat type diarrhea: One of the most common types of intestinal infection, often occurring at the turn of summer and autumn. Diarrhea is mostly caused by external damp, heat, and toxic qi invading the stomach and intestines, resulting in abnormal metabolism. Common symptoms include urgent diarrhea; uncomfortable diarrhea; burning sensation in the anus; irritability, thirst, and short, dark urine. Treatment with Chinese medicine enema can achieve good therapeutic effects.

1. Pulsatilla chinensis; Coptis chinensis; Phellodendron chinense

According to modern medical research, Pulsatilla scabra, Coptis chinensis and Phellodendron chinense have extensive antibacterial effects. It has inhibitory effects on Shigella dysenteriae, Escherichia coli, Bacillus subtilis, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, typhoid, paratyphoid, cholera, and amoeba trophozoites. Pulsatilla has an astringent effect on the intestinal mucosa, so it can stop diarrhea and bleeding, and can be used in combination with other Chinese medicines.

2. Huoxiang Zhengqi Powder (water. pill)

The prescription comes from "Taiping Huimin Hejijufang" of the Song Dynasty. "Chinese Pharmacopoeia" (1990 edition).

Dosage form: pills; capsules; soft capsules; granules

The drug composition includes Patchouli, Citrus grandiflora peel, Angelica dahurica, Perilla frutescens, Poria, Pinellia, Atractylodes macrocephala, Tangerine peel, Magnolia officinalis, Platycodon grandiflorum, and Licorice.

Addition and subtraction

Efficacy: Dispelling dampness, regulating qi and harmonizing the middle.

It is mainly used to treat exogenous wind-cold and internal injury and dampness. Cholera causes vomiting and diarrhea, fever and chills, headache, chest fullness and stuffiness, abdominal pain, greasy white tongue coating, as well as mountain miasma and malaria. Used to treat colds, acute gastroenteritis, acute and chronic colitis, urticaria, acidosis, tinea corporis dermatitis, etc.

Preparation method

Dosage and administration: Pills: water pills, 6g each time for adults, orally 2-3 times a day. Liquid solution: 10ml per vial, 5-10ml each time for adults, orally twice a day. For acute patients, take more frequently and increase the dosage, while for children, reduce the dosage as appropriate. Capsules: Adults take 3-4 capsules each time, 2-3 times a day. Soft capsules: 2-4 capsules each time, orally twice a day. Granules: 5g each time, orally twice a day.