Taking Huo Xiang Zheng Qi San is useful in treating cold-damp diarrhea caused by feeling cold-dampness. Diarrhea in Chinese medicine belongs to the category of diarrhea, mostly due to the feeling of external evil, dietary injuries, emotional disorders, fatigue and injury to the spleen, the spleen and stomach damage caused by old age and long-term illness, dampness trapped in the spleen and soil, intestinal malfunction and occur.
Patchouli Zhengqi San is composed of Dahu Pi, Angelica dahurica, Perilla frutescens, Poria, Semixia Qu, Atractylodes Macrocephala, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, Houpu Park, Bitter Platycodonopsis, Epimedium, Glycyrrhiza Uralensis. It has the effects of relieving the surface and resolving dampness (relieving the evil qi of external sensation and getting rid of the dampness in the body), regulating qi and harmonizing the middle (regulating the qi of the spleen and stomach to make the functions of the spleen and stomach smooth).
It is used for treating external wind-cold and internal dampness stagnation (stagnation of dampness in the body due to overly cold diet). Symptoms include malignant cold (fear of cold), headache, fullness in the chest and diaphragm (discomfort and distension in the chest), pain in the epigastrium (pain in the stomach and abdomen), nausea and vomiting, and diarrhea. Covering the body with a blanket to keep the body warm after taking the medicine can enhance the effect of relieving the symptoms. The contraindications and adverse effects of this medicine are not clear.
The above formula needs to be used by a TCM practitioner after diagnosis to avoid self-medication, which may cause damage to the body.