Composition: two liters of Fructus Cannabis (500g), half a catty of Paeonia lactiflora (250g), half a catty of fried Fructus Aurantii Immaturus (250g), one catty of peeled rhubarb (50g), one foot of peeled Magnolia Officinalis (250g) and one liter of peeled almond (250g).
Usage: Take six flavors, honey and pills, such as the size of a plane tree, and take 10 pills, three times a day, gradually, depending on the knowledge (modern usage: take medicine as foam, honey as pills, 9g each time, 1-2 times a day, and take it with warm water).
Functions: moistening intestine, clearing away heat, promoting qi circulation and relaxing bowels.
Indications: gastrointestinal dryness and heat, spleen deficiency and constipation. Dry stool.
Fang Jie: The syndrome and treatment of this prescription is that the stomach is hot and dry, and the spleen and body fluid are insufficient. It is called Spleen Covenant in Treatise on Febrile Diseases.
Changes in addition and subtraction: for patients with hemorrhoids and constipation, peach kernel and angelica can be added to nourish blood and blood, moisten the intestines and relax the bowels; Hemorrhoid hemorrhage belongs to gastrointestinal dryness and heat, and Sophora japonica and Sanguisorba officinalis can be added as appropriate to cool blood and stop bleeding; Radix Rehmanniae, Radix Scrophulariae and Herba Dendrobii can be added to relieve constipation.
Modern application: This prescription is used to treat constipation caused by intestinal dryness, habitual constipation, postpartum constipation and postoperative constipation caused by hemorrhoids.
Note: Although this prescription is a laxative, it contains products that can attack and break stagnation. Therefore, it is not suitable for the elderly who are weak, lack of body fluid and qi and blood, and pregnant women should use it with caution.
Attached:
Wuren pill
Composition: peach kernel, stir-fried almond bran, peeled tip, one or two each (60g each), pine nut (5g), arborvitae seed (15g), dark plum seed (3g) and dried tangerine peel (120g).
Grind five kernels into paste, put them into tangerine peel powder, grind them evenly, and refine honey into pills, which are as big as buttonwood. Take 10 pill each time, (9g), and take it with rice before meals (modern usage: grind five kernels into paste, make dried tangerine peel into powder, and make honey pills, 9g each time, 1-2 times, and take it with warm water).
Function: Runchang laxative.
Indications: body fluid and intestinal dryness. Dysdefecation, constipation due to blood deficiency in the elderly and postpartum. The tongue is dry and fluid, and the pulse is fine and astringent.
Both Wuren Pill and Maziren Pill are agents for moistening intestines and relaxing bowels, but Wuren Pill combines nuts rich in oil with dried tangerine peel to regulate and promote qi, which is used to moisten dryness and smooth intestines and treat constipation due to insufficient body fluid. Maziren Pill is mainly composed of Fructus Cannabis, almond, honey and Radix Paeoniae Alba. It is also combined with Xiaochengqi decoction to purge heat and relax bowels, which can tonify the middle warmer and diarrhea, and is good at treating stomach heat and dryness, spleen deficiency and constipation.