Cypress seed should be cypress seed kernel, cypress seed kernel plus earth rhubarb can be used for patients with constipation.
Cedar seed kernel is sweet in taste and flat in nature, and belongs to the heart, kidney and large intestine meridians. It has the effect of tranquilizing the spirit and nourishing the heart, moistening the intestines and relaxing the bowels, and stopping sweating, which is used for yin and blood insufficiency, insomnia, palpitations and palpitation, constipation, and night sweating (sweating abnormally after going to sleep, and stopping sweating after waking up), and so on.
Earth rhubarb is bitter and pungent in flavor, cool in nature, and belongs to the lung and large intestine meridians. It has the efficacy of detoxifying and clearing heat, eliminating blood stasis and swelling, cooling blood and stopping bleeding, laxative and insecticidal, and is used for coughing up blood in consumption, carbuncle, vomiting blood, abdominal pain with stagnation and stagnation, bruises, constipation, mumps, carbuncle sores and swelling, scalded, scabies, eczema, etc. It is also used for treating cold spleen and stomach, as well as people with body weakness. Caution should be exercised for those with cold spleen and stomach and those who are physically weak.
Phellodendron Bark and Rhizoma Dioscoreae are both laxative and can be used in constipated patients. However, the adverse effects of the two drugs are not clear. Pregnant women should be cautious. If there is a need for medication, it is recommended that it be used under the guidance of a professional physician, not blindly self-medication.