2 English reference wind dysentery [Xiangya Medical Dictionary]
Wind dysentery [Xiangya Medical Dictionary]
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Wind dysentery is the name of disease syndrome [1]. Refers to diarrhea caused by wind pathogen hurting the spleen and stomach [1]. "Three Causes and One Disease Syndrome" Volume 9, treating wind dysentery, clearing blood, or clearing blood stasis, using Wei Feng Decoction; "Introduction to Medicine" Volume 5 treats wind dysentery, bad wind and stuffy nose, body pain and blue color, or pure water, with ancient atractylodes decoction and Shenshu powder; "On Seasonal Diseases" Volume III treats wind dysentery with diarrhea first, then abdominal pain, or pure blood and heavy pulse. Poria cocos, fried ginger, Evodia rutaecarpa, lotus leaf, etc. Fang Yao [1] was added.
Dysentery is the name of this disease. See Yan's Health Care Prescription. Neijing regards it as "diarrhea", treatise on febrile diseases as "diarrhea" and "benefiting heat", elbow standby emergency prescription as "diarrhea", various disease sources theory as "dysentery", standby emergency prescription as "stagnation" and later generations often call it "dysentery" [4]. Dysentery is characterized by abdominal pain, severe diarrhea after acute diarrhea and red and white purulent blood [5]. Sudden onset can be accompanied by aversion to cold and fever; Chronic dysentery recurs and persists [6]. Mostly in summer and autumn [7]. The treatment of dysentery should distinguish between deficiency and excess [4]. The empirical methods include clearing heat and promoting diuresis, cooling blood and detoxicating, promoting digestion and guiding stagnation [4]. The treatment of deficiency syndrome is mainly to tonify the middle energizer, invigorate qi, warm yang and stop astringency [4]. Those with excess evil and insufficient positive energy should strengthen the body resistance and eliminate evil [4]. It can also be used to promote blood circulation and regulate qi. Predecessors said that "promoting blood circulation will heal itself, and regulating qi will eliminate itself" [4].
Acupuncture is effective in treating dysentery, which can not only control symptoms quickly, but also eliminate the pathogen of dysentery [6]. However, toxic dysentery is dangerous and needs comprehensive treatment measures [6].
During the onset of dysentery, diet or fasting should be controlled and bedside isolation should be implemented. Always pay attention to food hygiene to prevent infection [6].
This disease is common in bacillary dysentery, amebic dysentery, ulcerative colitis, allergic colitis, food poisoning and intestinal absorption dysfunction [4].
See Diarrhea for details.
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