Dysentery

　　How is dysentery caused? Briefly described as follows:

　　1, The empirical is due to the retention of damp-heat, the inability of Qi to be unobstructed, and due to the imbalance of Qi and the dysfunction of the internal organs.

　　2, The虚证 is due to the sinking of middle qi, intestinal deficiency and instability. The intestinal deficiency and instability is due to the deficiency of the yang of the large intestine, which cannot be retained. However, the cause is mostly due to prolonged diarrhea and dysentery, which injures the spleen and kidney, leading to spleen deficiency and malnutrition, sinking of middle qi, decline of the fire of the life gate, and failure to warm properly.

　　Dysentery can cause diseases such as diarrhea and fatigue.

　　The empirical symptoms include stool like crab foam thick and sticky, with a sense of urgency to defecate, abdominal distension, more gas during defecation, and an unpleasant smell. Or accompanied by intestinal rumbling, difficulty in urination, etc. The虚证 is that when abdominal distension and flatulence occur, the stool follows immediately.

　　To prevent the occurrence of this disease, attention must be paid to food hygiene. Pay attention to the freshness of food, do not eat deteriorated, rotten, or overnight food. The cooked food and raw food stored in the refrigerator should not be kept for too long, and the cooked food should be reheated. Raw food and fruits should be cleaned, and it is best to rinse them with boiling water. Do not eat cold and cool foods, and have regular meals three times a day. Wash hands before and after meals.

　　The examinations that can be done for dysentery include: occult blood test in stool (OBT), stool routine, stool epithelial cells, stool bacterial culture, colonoscopy, blood routine, urine routine. At the same time, the diagnosis can be made through the methods of traditional Chinese medicine.

　　Patients with dysentery can selectively eat the following foods:

　　Garlic

　　Taking raw purple-skinned garlic orally, three times a day, one to two cloves each time. Reports from the third issue of 1965 of 'Harbin Traditional Chinese Medicine' and various Chinese medical magazines: After observing hundreds of cases, the average cure rate of eating raw garlic alone is over 95%, the body temperature returns to normal in 1 to 2 days on average, the urgent need to defecate and the feeling of urgency disappear on average in 2 to 5 days, and the stool returns to normal on average in 2 to 4 days.

　　Radish

　　Folk medicine often uses radish 250 grams, squeezed to make juice, added with 30 grams of brown sugar, and served with boiling water, taken twice a day until fully recovered.

　　Portulaca oleracea

　　Portulaca oleracea can clear heat, detoxify, and is good at treating hot dysentery with purulent blood. It is recommended to use 60-90 grams of Portulaca oleracea (double the amount for fresh), decocted with 10-12 grams of malva verticillata flowers, added with brown sugar, and taken twice a day.

　　Bitter melon

　　Bitter melon, also known as scabious grape, has a bitter and cold property that clears heat and relieves dysentery. 'Fujian Chinese Materia Medica' introduces a method: 'Fresh bitter melon pounded into pulp, squeezed to make 1 cup of juice, served with boiling water.'

　　Hawthorn

　　Hawthorn is good at dissipating accumulation and resolving stagnation. Qiqihar Medical College has also used hawthorn 100 grams, decocted and administered to treat 30 cases of dysentery, with 3 cases ineffective and the rest cured or improved.

　　Chinese bayberry

　　Chinese bayberry can harmonize the stomach and digest food, suitable for both acute and chronic dysentery patients.

　　Shepherd's purse

　　Shepherd's purse is suitable for both acute and chronic dysentery patients. In folk medicine, 100 grams of fresh shepherd's purse is decocted in water.

　　Tea

　　Tea can dissolve phlegm, digest food, and detoxify. The experience of Tang Dynasty's Meng Xian: 'For blood dysentery, good tea 1 jin, pounded into powder, decocted in a cup or two, and taken. It is also suitable for those with chronic dysentery.' Therefore, tea is suitable for both acute and chronic dysentery patients. 'Shanghai Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine', 'New Medical Journal' and other journals have introduced that using tea alone to treat bacterial dysentery is effective for both acute and chronic cases. According to observations of dozens to hundreds of cases, the cure rate of acute bacterial dysentery is generally over 95%, and the recent cure rate of chronic bacterial dysentery is over 85%.

　　Lonicera japonica

　　Lonicera japonica is good at clearing heat and detoxifying, suitable for patients with heat-toxin dysentery.

　　Areca Nut

　　Tropical ethnic groups often use it as a tea fruit for guests, and it is also suitable for acute dysentery patients. You can use areca nut 10 grams,配合Malva verticillata 10 grams, decocted in water as tea.

　　The following is a brief description of the traditional Chinese medicine treatment methods for Qi dysentery:

　　1. Diarrhea caused by the descent of middle Qi.诃黎勒散can be used to strengthen the intestines, or Bu Zhong Yi Qi to elevate the descent.

　　2. Diarrhea caused by Qi stagnation. Symptoms include diarrhea resembling the swimming of crabs, foul smell, sticky, accompanied by abdominal distension and pain. Treatment should promote Qi, resolve stagnation, and dissipate accumulation, using fluid Qi drink, Ganyou Lianwan, and Liu Mo decoction.

　　3. Diarrhea caused by cold air staying in the intestines. Symptoms include abdominal and flank fullness, intestinal rumbling and abdominal pain, and diarrhea with red and white stools. Treatment should thicken the intestines, adjust cold and heat, and supplement spleen qi.