There are many proprietary Chinese medicines for treating dampness and heat in the large intestine, commonly used ones are Xianglian Pills, Xianglian Anti-Diarrhea Tablets, Feng Polygonum Gastrointestinal Kang Granules.
1. Xianglian Pills: composed of dogwood yellow dock and other drugs, has the effect of clearing heat and drying dampness, in addition to the efficacy of qi to relieve pain (through the regulation of the body’s qi to relieve pain), so it can be used to treat colorectal dampness and heat, manifested in diarrhea and abdominal pain, as well as the symptoms of the yellow and sticky stools, etc., the use of attention to take during the period of avoid eating spicy and oily food, pregnant women should not be served.
2. Xianglian antidiarrheal tablets: by the wood, Huanglian and white peony and other drugs, has the effect of clearing heat and dampness, in addition to stagnation dysentery effect, so it can be used to treat the large intestine damp-heat syndrome, manifested in red and white dysentery, abdominal pain and falling, tasteless food and drink as well as limb fatigue, etc., the drug pregnant women to be cautious of serving.
3. Feng polygonum gastrointestinal Kang granules: by the cow’s ear maple as well as spicy polygonum and other drugs, with heat and dampness stagnation effect, so it can be used to treat abdominal pain and abdominal fullness caused by heat and dampness in the large intestine, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting and other related symptoms, its adverse effects and contraindications are not yet clear.
Chinese medicines or proprietary Chinese medicines need to be used under the guidance of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and individuals should not use them blindly to avoid adverse consequences.