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Vigorously purges accumulated Heat and unblocks the bowels

Yang Ming organ (Fu) excess: Heat bound up with dry stool in the Intestines Severe constipation with hard, knotted, dry stool, or foul green watery diarrhea seeping around the retained mass Firm, tense abdomen with pain around the navel that is worse for pressure Also given for intestinal abscess, dry Heat in the Intestines at the Qi stage of warm disease, Damp-Heat of the Large Intestine, and internal Blood stasis with spasm Abdominal masses, abdominal cramps and hemorrhoids

Moves stagnant Qi and relieves fullness and distension

Focal distension and fullness of the epigastrium and abdomen that pressure does not relieve Flatulence and a heavy body

Clears excess Heat

Tidal fever, worst in the late afternoon, with heavy sweating from the palms and soles and sometimes the head; aversion to heat Hot feeling over the sternum and epigastrium, dry mouth, thirst, cracked lips, and scant dark urine Irritability, restlessness, delirious talk, mania or clouded consciousness from Heat disturbing the Stomach and Intestines Closed-type Wind-stroke or Heat collapse with fainting, convulsions or trembling limbs, and cold hands and feet Fullness and constipation after a high fever, or with gum and tooth pain from Stomach Fire Tongue red, or pink with prickles, with a dry yellow, dark yellow or dry black coat; pulse deep, forceful and rapid, or slippery and rapid

Modern uses

Acute uncomplicated appendicitis Acute cholecystitis Cholelithiasis Acute pancreatitis Simple intestinal obstruction Enteroparalysis Postoperative constipation and distension Severe constipation Habitual constipation Biliary ascariasis (roundworm in the bile duct) Early-stage dysentery Bacterial dysentery Enteritis Stomach flu Irritable bowel syndrome Crohn's disease Diverticulitis Mesenteric lymphadenitis Peritoneal tuberculosis Ascites Abdominal pain Abdominal fullness and distension Abdominal masses Abdominal spasms Nausea and vomiting Diarrhea Anorexia Hemorrhoids Acute icteric hepatitis Pneumonia, especially in children Lobar pneumonia Purulent tonsillitis Asthma Influenza Measles Typhoid fever Moist fever Meningitis Encephalitis Tetanus Heat-excess fainting or seizures Convulsions Stroke Mania Schizophrenia Bipolar disorder Neurosis Hypertension Cardiopulmonary disease Hyperlipoproteinemia Obesity Beriberi Urolithiasis Oliguria Enuresis Profuse sweating (ephidrosis) Organophosphorus poisoning Lead poisoning Food poisoning Acute eczema Pelvic inflammatory disease Salpingitis Vaginitis Trichomonas infection Vaginal discharge Postpartum abdominal pain da huang mang xiao zhi shi hou po