Decoction for Eliminating Dampness and Clearing Dysentery，From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.，During the transition between summer and autumn, when damp-heat is rampant, symptoms begin with diarrhea followed by dysentery, accompanied by abdominal pain, extreme tenesmus and a sense of incomplete evacuation, an unbearable urge to pass stool that cannot be fulfilled, thirst with a desire to drink water, scanty and difficult urination, distension in the small intestine, and a string-like, rapid, and slippery pulse.
Decoction for Eliminating Dampness and Clearing Dysentery
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Formulas Name : Decoction for Eliminating Dampness and Clearing Dysentery
Chinese Name : 除湿清痢饮
Drug Formulation
Plantain Seed 1 liang, Red Poria 3 qian, Fried Trifoliate Orange Peel 1 qian 5 fen, Fried Magnolia Bark 1 qian 5 fen, Areca Nut 1 qian 5 fen, Licorice 1 qian 5 fen, Talc 3 qian (as a guide), Sichuan Coptis 1 qian, Guangxi Frankincense 1 qian 5 fen.
Source
From *The Collection of Compassionate Guidance*, Volume 2.
Benefits
During the transition between summer and autumn, when damp-heat is rampant, symptoms begin with diarrhea followed by dysentery, accompanied by abdominal pain, extreme tenesmus and a sense of incomplete evacuation, an unbearable urge to pass stool that cannot be fulfilled, thirst with a desire to drink water, scanty and difficult urination, distension in the small intestine, and a string-like, rapid, and slippery pulse.
Instructions for Use
Decoct in water and take orally.
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Decoction for Eliminating Dampness and Clearing Dysentery,During the transition between summer and autumn, when damp-heat is rampant, symptoms begin with diarrhea followed by dysentery, accompanied by abdominal pain, extreme tenesmus and a sense of incomplete evacuation, an unbearable urge to pass stool that cannot be fulfilled, thirst with a desire to drink water, scanty and difficult urination, distension in the small intestine, and a string-like, rapid, and slippery pulse.