Dry stool can be caused by Yin deficiency or Yang deficiency.
1. Yin deficiency causes dry stools, often due to Yin deficiency, the body loses nutrients to nourish. At the same time, due to the yin does not control the yang, the yang-heat gas is relatively strong and generate internal heat, manifested in a faction of deficiency heat dryness, not moist, deficiency fire restlessness symptoms.
It is often accompanied by flushed cheeks, dry throat, five heart-heat (heat in the hearts of the hands and feet, and self-consciousness of the heart and chest), hot flashes (a burst of heat), and night sweating (abnormal sweating after going to sleep, and sweating stops after waking up). It can be improved by nourishing yin and increasing fluid (increasing water in the body), laxative and laxative.
2. Yang deficiency causes dry stools, which refers to the symptoms triggered by insufficient yang qi and weakened warming function of the human body. Often accompanied by cold feet and limbs cold, like hot drinks, urine clear long, pale, pale tongue, moss white, pulse slow and weak. It may be accompanied by symptoms of qi and blood deficiency such as fatigue (lack of spirit), weakness and shortness of breath. It can be improved by warming and tonifying kidney yang (warming and replenishing kidney yang) and laxative.
If treatment is needed, it is recommended that the doctor of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) identify the symptoms and treat the symptoms, and do not self-medicate to avoid bringing discomfort to the body.