Laxative Chinese medicines include rhubarb, senna, flaxseed, angelica sinensis, he shouwu, etc. Different Chinese herbs have different indications and adverse reactions, so it is recommended that patients use the medicines under the guidance of Chinese medicine practitioners.
1. Rhubarb: bitter taste, cold nature, with heat diarrhea, cool blood detoxification, expel blood stasis through the menstruation (remove blood stasis, dredge the meridians), used for solid heat stagnation constipation, damp-heat dysentery (dysentery due to damp-heat), jaundice and urinary redness and other conditions. Pregnancy, menstruation and lactation should be used with caution.
2. Senna: Senna has a laxative, diuretic effect, the main treatment of heat constipation, abdominal pain and fullness. Senna is cold in nature, belonging to the large intestine meridian, pregnant women and people with cold spleen and stomach should take with caution.
3. Angelica sinensis: sweet, warm, to the liver, heart, spleen meridian, with laxative, blood, blood, menstruation, pain, for intestinal constipation, cold abdominal pain, menstrual disorders, dizziness and palpitations.
4. Flaxseed: flat, with laxative effect, the main treatment of intestinal constipation.
5. He Shou Wu: detoxification, elimination of carbuncles, laxative effect, the main treatment of sores and carbuncles (by poisonous evil internal invasion, resulting in stagnation of qi and blood into the skin diseases), rashes and itching, intestinal constipation, malaria, etc., loose stools and wet phlegm should be taken with caution.
The adverse effects of the above drugs are not clear. Long-term constipation patients who need to use Chinese medicine, should be identified by a Chinese medicine practitioner according to the condition, and under the guidance of the doctor to use medication, not blindly self-medication, so as not to delay the condition.