Elderly people with dry stools are mostly caused by gastric heat and fluid deficiency, which can be regulated by general treatment and medication.
1. General treatment: elderly people with dry stools should avoid eating spicy food to avoid aggravating their condition, and eat more fruits and vegetables. Appropriate exercise, such as tai chi and so on.
2. Drug treatment: according to the specific type of evidence should be chosen to increase liquid soup, regulating the stomach Cheng Qi Tang and other drugs.
Enhancement of fluid soup is composed of Xuan Shen, Sheng Di and Maidong, which has the effect of increasing fluid and moisturizing dryness. It is used for treating yangming warm disease and constipation with deficiency of fluid, symptoms include constipation of stool, thirst, dry and red tongue, thin and numb pulse (the pulse becomes narrow and thin and the rate is accelerated), or sunken and weak, etc. The adverse effects and contraindications of this drug are still unknown. Adverse effects and contraindications of this drug are not known.
Regulating Stomach and Cheng Qi Tang is composed of rhubarb, mangosteen, and licorice, which has the effect of slowing down the heat knot, and can be used to treat abdominal distension, dry stools, and thirst caused by dry heat in the stomach and intestines, and its adverse reactions and contraindications are not clear.
Specific regimen should be carried out under the guidance of a doctor, not self-medication.