Ulcerative colitis belongs to the category of “dysentery” and “abdominal pain” in traditional Chinese medicine, and the time of taking Chinese medicine should be judged according to the patient’s condition, physique and age. If the identification is correct, the use of the right drugs, you can see the effect faster. 1. Damp-heat congestion type: the patient’s first attack or a shorter course of the disease, or in the summer and fall attack. Symptoms of abdominal pain and refusal to press, diarrhea is slowed down, red pus and blood under the stool, sticky and foul-smelling, burning anus, short yellow urine, yellow tongue coating, pulse slippery. This is exogenous dampness and heat, or spleen deficiency, dampness from the heat, resulting in dampness, heat and evil venom congestion in the intestines, qi and veins out of harmony, blood and meat decay. The treatment is to clear the intestines and eliminate dampness, regulate the qi and blood. 2. Spleen deficiency and dampness (spleen function is weak, dampness stays) type: mostly seen in the remission period of the disease. Symptoms include vague abdominal pain, loose stools and diarrhea, more frequent, prolonged and recurring, diarrhea with undigested food (more undigested food in the stools) or watery pus and blood, accompanied by lethargy, dullness (lack of appetite, reduced food intake), abdominal distension, etc. The treatment is to strengthen the spleen and enhance qi. The treatment is to strengthen the spleen and vital energy, exudate dampness to stop diarrhea (get rid of dampness to treat diarrhea). 3. Kidney deficiency and fire failure: mostly seen in the elderly or the chronically ill. Symptoms include pain in the umbilicus and abdomen, intestinal tinnitus and diarrhea, and diarrhea in the stool or red-white and clear, or even slippery incontinence, and anal distension. The treatment should be warming the spleen and kidney, astringent and fixing off. If you have ulcerative colitis, you should consult a physician to determine the length of treatment.