There are many proprietary Chinese medicines for the treatment of intestinal dampness and heat, including Ge Gen Baicalin Lian Pill, Citrus Aurantium Conducting Pill and Feng Polygonum Intestinal Stomach Kang Granules.
Ge Gen Baicalin Lian Wan is composed of Ge Gen, Scutellaria baicalensis, Rhizoma Coptidis and Radix et Rhizoma Glycyrrhizae Praeparata, which has the efficacy of clearing intestinal and gastrointestinal dampness-heat and stopping diarrhea. It can be used clinically for treating abdominal pain, burning anus, yellow-smelling stools, and diarrhea caused by gastrointestinal dampness-heat. The adverse reactions and contraindications of the drug are not clear.
Citrus Aurantium Pill is composed of Citrus Aurantium, Rhubarb, Scutellaria Baicalensis, Rhizoma Coptidis, Rhizoma Atractylodis, Fried Atractylodes Macrocephalae, Poria, Zedoaria, which has the efficacy of clearing dampness and heat, eliminating stagnation, etc. It can be used clinically for the treatment of epigastric (abdomen) distension and pain caused by stagnation of diet and gastrointestinal dampness and heat, inability to think about food and drink, constipation of the stools and other disorders. The contraindications and adverse reactions of the drug are not clear.
Feng Polygonum Gastrointestinal Kang Granules is composed of ox-ear maple and polygonum officinale, which has the efficacy of clearing heat, removing dampness and resolving stagnation, and can be used for the treatment of abdominal pain caused by gastrointestinal dampness-heat, abdominal distension, diarrhea and foul-smelling discharge, nausea and vomiting, fever and malignant cold (fear of cold), and loss of appetite, and other diseases. The contraindications and adverse effects of the drug are not clear.
All of the above medicines should be used correctly under the guidance of a professional physician’s diagnosis, and should not be used on their own.