Constipation is a very common disease, which refers to the retention of feces in the intestinal tract for too long, dry and hard, difficult to pass, or few bowel movements, usually in more than two or three days without a bowel movement. People will encounter this situation more or less throughout their lives. Light constipation attention to diet, exercise can be adjusted to normal, while some exhausted the Chinese medicine, Western medicine, massage and other tricks are also very difficult to improve. Most people believe that constipation and fire have a lot to do with, but clinically constipation is not so simple, the excretion of stool with the structure of the diet, exercise, mental, human qi and blood have a great relationship. Constipation has both deficiency and reality, especially common in the elderly, young women, maternity, etc. The deficiency of qi and blood, yin and yang can lead to constipation. So why do people who have a very light diet become constipated? Many of those difficult to treat constipation is not identified accurate treatment can not be the method of treatment is not effective. Therefore, it is very important to understand constipation correctly, do not have constipation to eat three yellow tablets, niuhuang detoxification tablets and other heat-clearing drugs or phenolphthalein tablets, rhubarb, senna leaf, aloe vera, intestinal rinse tea, open plug and other drugs with laxative effect. Because these drugs are indeed effective for certain types of constipation, once eaten, pull, but if these drugs are not used for a long time, it will lead to gastrointestinal peristaltic dysfunction, the state of taking medication is ineffective or take medication to pull, do not eat, do not pull. Constipation of the common types of evidence and treatment: 1, gastrointestinal heat (heat constipation): dry stool for several days, abdominal distension, pain and refusal to press, red face and body heat, sweating and urine red, bad breath, dry tongue with yellow and thick greasy coating, sinking or slippery pulse. Depending on the situation, the three Cheng Qi Tang can be used to vent heat from the internal organs, or rhubarb, senna leaf, aloe vera, etc. infusion drink. 2, liver and spleen stagnation (gas constipation): stool for many days, heavy embarrassment, want to stool can not, depression, belching frequently, chest and epigastric stuffiness, dullness and fullness of the ribs, tongue with white greasy coating, pulse sunken or string. We can use Liu Mo Tang to break the Qi and relax the middle of the bowel movement. Rub Tai Chong, Foot San Li, Tian Shu, Zhi Zheng, etc. 3, spleen and lung qi deficiency (deficiency constipation): dry or soft stool, but not pass for several days, sometimes although the intention of stool, but difficult to solve the lower, Nou chastised not, Nou then sweat and shortness of breath, or even shortness of breath, after defecation, weak and tired to the extreme, tired and lazy speech, low voice, abdominal pain, or anal prolapse, the form of cold face white, light and tender tongue, thin white moss, weak pulse. Treatment is to nourish the spleen and lung, accompanied by moistening the intestines, can be used to supplement Zhong Yi Qi Tang with Citrus aurantium, honey, and usually take the appropriate amount of party ginseng, astragalus and other qi tonic products. 4, spleen and kidney yang deficiency (cold constipation): constipation, and see the face blue and black, cold limbs and body, like heat and fear of cold, mouth and, urine clear and long, more urine at night, urine after draining, tongue pale white, coating white moist, pulse sunken late or anti-subtle astringent. The treatment is to tonify the spleen and kidney, warm up the cold condensation, and use Cistanches Rundown Pills. Massage, hot compress, moxibustion or acupuncture points such as Qihai, Guan Yuan, Kidney Yu, and Foot San Li. 5, blood deficiency and yin deficiency (deficiency and constipation): can be seen in the recovery period of fever, less constipation, or after childbirth, or after suffering from carbuncles and gangrene, or senior blood deficiency, or the stomach is full of heat, the stool is dry and constipated for a long time, very difficult to defecate, often once every few weeks, the body is thin, the throat is dry and less fluid, the face is not lustrous, panic and dizziness, the lips and nails are light white, the tongue is light or red and less fluid, the pulse is thin or thin and weak. Treatment is to nourish Yin and Blood, moisten the bowels and open the bowels. It is advisable to take more black sesame, walnut, mulberry and silver fungus to nourish Yin and Blood. Massage Chung Quan, Tai Xi, San Yin Jiao and other acupuncture points can also help.