Damp-heat dysentery

　　Due to internal damp-heat in the spleen and stomach, the stomach fails to digest and guide, and the spleen loses its healthy function, causing dampness and heat to be retained. Characterized by red stool, or like fish brain, thick and sticky, foul-smelling, frequent defecation, urgent need to defecate, anal burning, hot and red urine, yellow greasy tongue coating, slippery and rapid and strong pulse. Modern medicine believes that it is caused by unclean diet causing gastrointestinal bacterial infection, and the common cause is Shigella infection (also known as dysentery bacillus) causing mucous bloody stool.

　　Dysentery with sticky pus and blood, red and white mixed. 'Su Wen' also has notes on red and white diarrhea, loose red and white, red and white efflux, etc. 'Zhubing Yuanhou Lun?Xilin Zhuhou': 'Red and white dysentery syndrome: However, the dysentery with red and white is due to heat attacking the blood, and the blood渗入 the intestines becomes red; cold qi enters the intestines, combats between the intestines, and the body fluid becomes thick and sticky, becoming white. Cold and heat interact, so red and white are mixed. The severe case is like pus snot with blood mixed, and the mild case has red blood pulsing on the white pus, resembling lard.

　　The main symptoms of damp-heat dysentery:Abdominal pain, urgent need to defecate, dysentery with red and white sticky pus, anal burning, short and red urine, or chills and fever, restlessness and thirst, thick yellow greasy fur, slippery and rapid or soft and rapid pulse.

　　The treatment principles for damp-heat dysentery in infants and children are basically the same as those for adults, both of which are based on clearing heat and promoting diuresis. Simple medication is not convenient for children, and there is a suspicion of bitter and cold injury to the stomach, as Qing Wujutong pointed out in 'Wenbing Tiandan, Jie'er Nan': 'In terms of medication, a little dullness leads to stagnation, a little heavy leads to injury, and a little not in line with the syndrome, then it is unknown where it belongs'. Therefore, the substitute massage therapy is not only simple, easy to perform, and reliable in efficacy, but also easy to be accepted by children, and has a positive therapeutic and preventive effect on damp-heat dysentery in infants and young children. According to the physical characteristics of infants and children, who are delicate in the viscera, insufficient in shape and qi, prone to deficiency and excess, and prone to cold and heat, the treatment of damp-heat dysentery focuses on the method of clearing heat and promoting diuresis to expel pathogenic factors, but should always protect the healthy qi. For those with strong physique, after losing the supplement, clear and strengthen the healthy qi to help expel pathogenic factors: or according to the condition, reinforce the healthy qi and expel pathogenic factors simultaneously, combine the methods of clearing and supplementation, to achieve the effect of clearing without injuring the healthy qi and supplementing without retaining pathogenic factors, and has the characteristics of TCM辨证论治. In clinical application, according to the physique and condition, the importance of the two should be weighed, and treated differently.

　　It is mainly through routine fecal examination and occult blood test, the specific items are as follows:

　　1. Blood count:Based on the entire result of blood tests, including the number of red blood cells, white blood cells, and platelets, etc. In acute cases, the total white blood cell count and neutrophils have a moderate increase. Chronic patients may have mild anemia.

　　2. Stool examination:The typical dysentery stool is without fecal matter, with a small amount,呈鲜红粘冻状，no odor. Microscopic examination shows a large number of pus cells and red blood cells, and macrophages. Pathogenic bacteria can be detected by culture. If the sampling is not done properly, the specimen is left for too long, or the patient has received antibacterial treatment, the culture results are often not ideal.

　　3. Other examinations:Fluorescence antibody staining technology is one of the rapid detection methods, which is more sensitive than cell culture. Barium X-ray examination in chronic patients shows intestinal spasm, changes in motility, disappearance of pouches, narrowing of the intestinal lumen, thickening of the intestinal mucosa, or segmental. In recent years, some people have used staphylococcal agglutination test as a rapid diagnostic method for bacterial dysentery, which has good sensitivity and specificity.

　　1. What foods are good for damp-heat dysentery

　　Diet should be light, eat more vegetables and fruits, reasonably match the diet, and pay attention to sufficient nutrition.

　　2. What foods should be avoided for damp-heat dysentery

　　Avoid smoking, drinking, spicy foods, greasy foods, smoking, and drinking. Avoid eating cold foods.

　　(The above information is for reference only, please consult a doctor for details.)

　　Treatment for damp-heat dysentery with stool

　　Formula 1

　　Composition: Fresh horse-tail grass 1000 grams, white honey 30 milliliters.

　　Usage: Wash the horse-tail grass with warm water, take out the juice, mix it with white honey to make it even, take it all at once, take it twice a day.

　　Mainly for damp-heat dysentery. Symptoms include abdominal pain, urgent defecation, dysentery with red and white pus and blood, short and red urine, yellow greasy tongue coating, and slippery rapid pulse.

　　Formula 2

　　Composition: Green tea 100 grams, vinegar 100 milliliters.

　　Usage: Boil green tea to make 300 milliliters of concentrated juice. Take 100 milliliters each time, add 10 milliliters of vinegar and drink it hot. Take it three times a day. In addition, take 12 grams of green tea leaves, and take it with ginger soup for white dysentery, and with honey water for red dysentery. Take it three times a day, and continue to take it for three days after the symptoms disappear to consolidate the efficacy.

　　Mainly for damp-heat dysentery.

　　Explain that it should not be used for patients with chronic damp-heat dysentery. Those with insomnia should not take it at night.

　　Formula 3

　　Composition: Scallion 100 grams, Ya Zao 6 grams, Xixin 27 grams, 螺 2 pieces, Shenqu 12 grams.

　　Usage: First, dry and grind Ya Zao, Xixin, and Shenqu into fine powder. Then, mix with scallion and螺 meat to make a paste. Take an appropriate amount of the paste, wrap it in gauze, press it into a cake shape, apply it to the Shenque acupoint, then cover it with gauze and secure it with adhesive tape. Change the medicine when it dries and stop using it when the disease is cured.

　　Mainly for damp-heat dysentery and proctalgia.

　　Explain that proctalgia refers to dysentery where the patient cannot eat, or vomit and cannot eat.