Ginseng Radicula (Renshen Xu), Dendrobii Caulis (Chuan Shihu), Dioscoreae Rhizoma (Shanyao), Poria (Fuling), Rehmanniae Radix Recens (Xi Shengdi), Zingiberis Tuberis Recens (Xian Zhuru), Paeoniae Radix Alba (Baishao), Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Album (Jubai), Hordeum Fructus Germinatus (Sheng Guya), Jujubae Fructus Ruber (Xiao Hongzao)
My mother (Dysentery syndrome)
Her constitution is weakened by overwork. There is a deficiency of True Yin. In summer, the Heart Yang Qi flows poorly. Upon entering autumn, Lung Qi becomes stagnant and fails to disperse. Liver Wood, carrying Summer-heat and Dampness, disturbs from above first, causing vertex headache and cough.
Old ailments flare up but are not severe. Coinciding with exposure to foul pathogens, turbid pathogens obstruct and stagnate, instead moving downward. Initially diarrhea turns into dysentery, with red and white pus and blood mixed in discharge. The exterior has slight fever; Zheng Qi is deficient while pathogenic factors are exuberant, and the disease momentum is at its peak. It is proposed to resolve both the exterior and interior simultaneously. Expelling pathogens quickly will prevent damage to Zheng Qi.
Pogostemonis Herba (Guang Huojie), Paeoniae Radix Rubra (Chishao), Aurantii Fructus Immaturus (Qingpi), Zizyphi Fructus (Zhishi), Gentianae Macrophyllae Radix (Qinjiao), Poria cum Ligno Quercus (Chiling), Crataegi Fructus Carbonisatum (Zhatan), Medicated Leaven (Jianqu), Amomi Fructus Rotundus (Baikouren), Bergamiae Fructus (Xian Foshou)
My mother (Second consultation)
Exterior heat was resolved through sweating. Abdominal pain is severe with tenesmus. Bowel movements occur dozens of times day and night, with red, white, and purplish sticky discharge. Appetite is poor. Bitter taste in mouth and rough tongue coating indicate Blood stagnation and Heat consolidation. During severe episodes of dysentery, there is much accumulation but little stool, with extreme tenesmus. Carefully analyzing the pathogenesis, there is slight cough during sleep, and pain relieves upon waking. At the moment of just waking when pain relieves.