Damp-Heat in the Large Intestine
大肠湿热dà cháng shī rè · damp-heat (fullness)
Tongue
red, with a greasy yellow coating
Pulse
slippery and rapid
Description
Damp-Heat lodges in the Large Intestine and disrupts the bowels, producing burning, foul, sticky diarrhoea or dysentery-like stools.
Symptoms
abdominal pain diarrhoea with foul, sticky or mucousy stools, sometimes with blood burning sensation at the anus urgency and a feeling of incomplete evacuation scanty dark urine; thirst possible fever
Treatment principle
clear heat and resolve Dampness in the Large Intestine
Points
Tianshu
Quchi
Yinlingquan
Zusanli
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