🌿 Folk Prescriptions

Traditional Chinese Medicine Treatment
(1) Damp-Heat Obstruction: Abdominal pain, diarrhea, bloody mucoid stools resembling dark red jam, foul-smelling, anal burning sensation, short red urine, yellow greasy coating, slippery rapid pulse.
Therapeutic Principle: Clear heat, remove dampness, regulate qi, activate blood.
Formula: Paeoniae Alba 12g, Angelica 10g, Aquilaria 10g, Areca 10g, Forsythia 10g, Coptis 10g, Rhubarb 8g, Cinnamomum 3g, Licorice 6g, Brucea javanica 5g.
(2) Epidemic Toxin Accumulating in Intestines: Bright red or bloody watery stools, severe abdominal pain, or high fever, thirst, headache, restlessness, red-purple tongue, yellow dry coating, slippery rapid pulse.
Therapeutic Principle: Clear heat, cool blood, detoxify, resolve turbidity.
Formula: Pulsatilla 10g, Coptis 10g, Phellodendron 10g, Fraxinus 10g, Brucea javanica 5g, Scutellaria 10g, Honeysuckle 12g, Sophora 10g, Cortex Moutan 10g, Dragon’s Blood 3g.
Patent Medicine: Shen Xi Dan.
(3) Exuberant Heat-Toxin: Copious pus and blood in stool, extremely foul odor, abdominal pain, palpable mass in abdomen, painful on pressure, chills, high fever, red tongue with yellow greasy coating, slippery rapid or string-rapid pulse.
Therapeutic Principle: Clear heat, detoxify, activate blood, drain abscess.
Formula: Honeysuckle 10g, Red Peony 10g, Angelica 10g, Coptis 10g, Scutellaria 10g, Aquilaria 10g, Gardenia 10g, Licorice 6g, Belamcanda 10g, Hedyotis 12g, Coix 10g.
Patent Medicine: Zi Xue Dan.
(4) Deficiency-Cold Dysentery: Persistent diarrhea, loose stools with white mucus, foul smell, or uncontrollable bowel movements, or vague abdominal pain, poor appetite, fatigue, pale tongue with thin white coating, deep fine pulse.
Therapeutic Principle: Warm spleen and kidney, astringe and solidify.
Formula: Ginseng 6g, Atractylodes 10g, Areca 6g, Poppy Shell 6g, Cinnamomum 3g, Angelica 10g, Paeoniae Alba 10g, Aquilaria 10g, Myristica 10g, Prepared Ginger 6g, Licorice 6g, Punica 10g, Fermented Wheat 10g.
Patent Medicine: Si Shen Wan.
[Prevention and Care]
Patients with this disease should be isolated, and their clothing and personal items strictly disinfected. Vigorous efforts to eliminate flies and cockroaches are needed, and feces and water sources must be properly managed to prevent transmission and outbreaks.