If the diarrhea is caused by summer-dampness cold, it is useful to take Baoji Pills. Baoji Pills are used for summer-dampness colds with fever and headache, abdominal pain and diarrhea, nausea and vomiting, gastrointestinal discomfort, and can also be used for motion sickness and seasickness.
Baoji Pills belongs to the proprietary Chinese medicines, which are composed of Crocus sativus, Chrysanthemum, Tribulus terrestris, and Houpu. It has the effect of relieving the symptoms, dispelling dampness and harmonizing the middle. It is used for the treatment of colds and flu caused by external summer and dampness evils that obstruct the spleen and stomach in the middle jiao, with symptoms such as body heat, not Yang (feeling hot all over the body, but touching the skin is not very hot), a slight aversion to wind-cold, slight sweating, head and body sleepiness, chest and epigastric plagued (stomach distension and discomfort), etc. It should be noted that this medicine is contraindicated for pregnant women.
It should be noted that this drug should not be taken by pregnant women; breastfeeding women should be cautious; should not be taken by people with external dryness and heat, avoid eating spicy, cold, greasy and indigestible food during the period of taking the drug; is not applicable to acute intestinal infectious diseases of severe nausea, vomiting, watery diarrhea; choking on food, go to the hospital as soon as possible for diagnosis and treatment.
Chinese medicine emphasizes on evidence-based treatment, so when taking proprietary Chinese medicines, you need to carry out in the professional Chinese medicine practitioners to identify the evidence, follow the doctor’s instructions to take, and do not take medicines privately, so as not to cause physical discomfort.