bubble_chart Efficacy

Nourishing yin, purging heat, and promoting bowel movements.

bubble_chart Indications

Yangming warm disease, failure to purge when purging is indicated, depletion of both qi and fluids, severe constipation, abdominal distension and hardness, mental fatigue and qi deficiency, dry mouth and throat, chapped lips, scorched tongue, and scorched yellow or black dry and cracked tongue coating.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Rhubarb Rhizoma and Mirabilite are used for drastic purgation to eliminate dryness-heat and preserve yin qi; Ginseng and Chinese Angelica are used to tonify and replenish qi and blood; Ophiopogon Tuber, Unprocessed Rehmannia Root, Scrophularia Root, and Sea Cucumber are used to enrich yin and nourish fluids; ginger juice, Chinese Date, and Liquorice Root are used to protect stomach qi and harmonize the various herbs; Platycodon Root is used to ventilate lung qi and regulate the stomach and intestines. The entire formula combines purging heat and promoting bowel movements with replenishing qi and nourishing yin, ensuring that healthy qi is mobilized, yin and blood are restored, the efficacy of the herbs is realized, bowel movements are facilitated, and pathogenic heat is naturally subdued.

bubble_chart Modern Application

Promotes bowel movement, inhibits bacteria and reduces inflammation, removes toxins, improves fluid metabolism, and enhances immunity. Mainly used for senile intestinal obstruction, intestinal paralysis, adhesive intestinal obstruction, etc.