Pulsatilla 9 gm, Phellodendron 12 gm, Coptis 12 gm, Fraxinus 12 gm

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Take the above 4 ingredients, boil with 1.4 liters of water until reduced to 400 ml, strain the dregs, take 200 ml each time, twice a day, and administer while warm.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing heat and removing toxin, cooling blood and stopping dysentery.

bubble_chart Indications

Dysentery with heat toxin deeply entrenched in the blood aspect, abdominal pain, purulent and bloody stool (more red than white), tenesmus, burning sensation in the anus, thirst with desire to drink, red tongue with yellow coating, wiry and rapid pulse. Currently, in addition to being used for bacterial dysentery and amoebic intestinal disease, it is also modified and applied to chronic nonspecific ulcerative colitis, diarrhea caused by flagellate and trichomonad infections, and acute colitis, all of which belong to heat toxin deeply entrenched in the blood aspect.

bubble_chart Formula Principles

In the formula, Chinese Pulsatilla Root serves as the monarch herb to clear heat, remove toxins, and cool the blood to treat dysentery; Coptis Rhizome, Phellodendron Bark, and Ash Bark act as the minister herbs to clear heat, dry dampness, and remove toxins. The combination of these four herbs enhances the effect of clearing the intestines to stop dysentery.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

Antibacterial Test "Sichuan Chinese Medicine" 1986 (8): Back cover, this formula has inhibitory effects on Shigella, Flexneri, and Sonnei dysentery bacilli. The antibacterial test using the hole-plate method showed that all four herbs in the formula have antibacterial effects, with Coptis Rhizome and Ash Bark having the strongest antibacterial effects, followed by Phellodendron Bark, and Chinese Pulsatilla Root being the weakest.