Simple constipation is also called functional constipation, which is called constipation in Chinese medicine. It is mainly seen in the elderly, maternal, and people recovering from illness or weak system, usually without other critical or serious symptoms such as high fever, sweating, blood in the stool, abdominal pain, etc. It is caused by improper diet, excessive thinking, physical weakness, or after illness. It is caused by inappropriate diet, overthinking, physical weakness, and post-illness, resulting in internal stagnation of dry heat or Qi stagnation, or weakness of Qi transmission, or loss of moistening of the intestinal tract due to Blood deficiency, or dysfunction of the large intestine due to Yang deficiency and Yin cold stagnation, resulting in inability to pass stools or difficulty in passing stools. If the constipation is occasional, the treatment effect is often faster and better, but the longer course of habitual constipation, it is easy to lead to hemorrhoids, anal fissures, prolapse and other complications to bring inconvenience to work life. Chinese medicine will be divided into real constipation and virtual constipation, the treatment should be mainly to pass down, but absolutely not simply with laxative drugs, must be combined with the disease to match, real constipation treatment should be to clear heat and moisten the intestines, smooth qi flow stagnation as the method, virtual constipation should be beneficial to the qi and blood, warming and opening the secret. The main symptom of heat constipation is dry stool, abdominal fullness and swelling pain, the tongue coating is yellow and dry, treatment prescription: rhubarb 20 grams Citrus aurantium 15 grams almond 10 grams of fire marijuana 10 grams of Yu Li Ren 10 grams of Juniperus communis 10 grams of Xuan Shen 15 grams, if there is bleeding hemorrhoids, add Sophora japonica 15 grams of ground elm 15 grams. The main symptom of Qi constipation is the desire to defecate, abdominal fullness and swelling pain, thin white tongue coating, fecal quality is not dry, treatment prescription: Shen Xiang 10 grams of moxa 10 grams of Wu Yao 10 grams of thick park 10 grams of raw rhubarb 15 grams of betel nut 10 grams of neem 10 grams of incense 10 grams. Constipation includes Qi deficiency constipation, blood deficiency constipation, Yang deficiency constipation. Qi deficiency constipation is mainly manifested as inability to defecate, light tongue with thin white coating and non-dry stool. Treatment is to benefit the Qi and moisten the intestines, prescription: Radix et Rhizoma Ginseng 15 grams Astragali 20 grams White Honey 15 grams Angelica Sinensis 15 grams Fire Ma Ren 15 grams Chen Pi 15 grams, if there is Qi deficiency subsidence or anal swelling, can add Sheng Ma 10 grams Citrus aurantium 10 grams Mandarin 10 grams. The main symptom of Blood deficiency constipation is dry stool like sheep dung, light red tongue, thin pulse and thin net coating. Treatment should be based on nourishing blood and moistening dryness, many elderly constipation belongs to this category, the prescription: angelica 10 grams of raw earth 10 grams of black sesame 15 grams of cistanches 10 grams of system shouwu 10 grams of fire hemp 10 grams of peach kernel 10 grams of hedgehog shell 10 grams of white honey 15 grams. Yang deficiency constipation, also known as cold constipation, the main symptoms are difficult and astringent stool, cold pain in the abdomen, light tongue with thin white coating, treatment should be based on the warmth and open constipation, the formula with: 6 grams of sliced peony rhubarb 10 grams of ginseng 10 grams of dry ginger 10 grams of angelica 10 grams of flesh cistanches 10 grams of mucuna pruriens 10 grams. Chronic habitual constipation is generally deficiency evidence more actual evidence less, if the abuse of tapping, damage its fluid, so that the temporary pass back to constipation, dry knot more, or pass the should not, in vain hurt the right qi. For occasional constipation, you can use raw rhubarb 20 grams of boiling water for 10 minutes, add 10 grams of mangosteen, stir well and melt, let cool and take about 500 ml that pass. For long-term constipation, you can use senna leaves to drink as tea. Constipation protection is very important, pay attention to diet, life conditioning, do not eat spicy hot J products, should eat more vegetables and fruits, often take milk and honey, develop the habit of regular daily bowel movements, habitual constipation patients, to maintain a good state of mind, calm mood, customer service worries about the difficulty of defecation, increase physical activity, weak people should strengthen exercise.