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Gently purges Heat accumulation

Mild Yang Ming organ excess, or mild dry Heat in the Intestines at the Qi level of a warm disease Constipation, or stool that is hard to pass but not yet fully dry and hard Tidal fever with sweating, heaviest on the palms and soles, and aversion to heat Irritability, delirious speech or mania from Yang Ming Heat Dry mouth Can be given as a cautious trial purge to judge whether the stool has hardened Tongue dry with prickles, the coat dry and dark yellow, black, or dirty yellow; pulse deep, forceful and rapid, or slippery and rapid

Moves Qi in the middle and relieves fullness

Fullness, distention and pain of the epigastrium, abdomen and chest Flatulence Abdominal masses

Purges the Gallbladder

Eliminates Dampness

Early-stage dysentery with tenesmus, or diarrhea Heavy body and difficult urination Hemorrhoids

Modern uses

Constipation Postoperative constipation and distention Constipation and nausea from heavy use of opioid painkillers Abdominal pain Abdominal fullness and distention Absence of peristalsis Intestinal paralysis Acute simple intestinal obstruction Acute uncomplicated appendicitis Acute cholecystitis Acute pancreatitis Biliary roundworms Viral hepatitis Chronic gastritis Acute gastroenteritis Stomach flu Food poisoning Food retention Dysentery Colitis Ulcerative colitis Crohn's disease Irritable bowel syndrome Diverticulitis Mesenteric lymphadenitis Ascites Hydrothorax Hiccups Nausea and vomiting Hernia Hemorrhoids Abdominal masses Pelvic inflammatory disease Salpingitis Trichomonas Pneumonia, especially in children Typhoid fever Moist fever Measles Meningitis Tetanus Hypertension Beriberi Epilepsy Mania Neurosis Emotional disorders Profuse perspiration Ephidrosis Obesity Toothache da huang hou po zhi shi