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Warms and tonifies Kidney and Spleen Yang

Spleen and Kidney Yang deficiency with diarrhea at daybreak: loose stools that come in the hours before dawn and often wake the person, preceded by rumbling of the bowels Cold, sore or weak low back and knees, cold limbs, tiredness and lethargy, and a liking for warmth Poor appetite, food passing undigested, and pain around the navel or in the abdomen

Astringes the Intestines and stops diarrhea

Chronic early-morning diarrhea from Cold and deficiency, not from Damp-Heat or food stagnation Tongue pale with a thin white coat; pulse deep, slow and weak

Modern uses

Daybreak diarrhea Chronic colitis Allergic colitis Ulcerative colitis Crohn's disease Irritable bowel syndrome Chronic dysentery Tuberculosis of the colon Intestinal autonomic dystonia Celiac disease Chronic pancreatitis Diarrhea Constipation Abdominal Cold Abdominal fullness and distension Anorexia Spermatorrhea Enuresis Lumbago Fatigue Hepatitis C AIDS/HIV Alzheimer's disease Tabes dorsalis bu gu zhi wu zhu yu rou dou kou wu wei zi