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| Chinese Formula | Actions | Indications | Symptoms related to infectious dysentery |
| Jia Wei Xiang Lian Wan Augmented Aucklandia and Coptis Decoction |
Clears Heat; Dries Dampness; Moves Qi; Stops diarrhea. | Red and white dysentery due to Damp-Heat. | Acute infectious dysentery; Fever (severe cases with emotional shock may have no fever); Pain of the abdomen; Fecal urgency (many times during the day); Tongue with greasy-yellow coating; Slippery-Rapid pulse (Hua Shu). |
| Huang Long Tang Yellow Dragon Decoction |
Purges Heat; Tonifies Upright Qi; Supports Upright Qi. | Body Fluids and Heat excess in the Interior with Qi and Blood Deficiency. | Abdomen is solid to palpation; Constipation; Dry mouth; Dyspnea; Fever; Infectious dysentery; Lethargy; Pain of the abdomen which is worse upon pressure; Thirst; Watery, very smelly, greenish diarrhea; Delirious speech; Hallucinations; Loss of consciousness with cold and contracted extremities; Dry tongue, yellow-maroon-black-dry coating; Weak-Empty pulse (Ruo Xu); Weak-Rapid-Empty pulse (Ruo Shu Xu). |
| Bai Tou Weng Tang Pulsatilla Decoction |
Clears Heat and relieves toxicity; Cools Blood; Drains Damp-Heat; Treats dysentery. | Hot dysenteric disorder due to Heat toxin searing the Stomach and Intestines. | Acute colitis; Acute enteritis; Burning sensation in anus; Infectious dysentery (ameba, bacterium); Pain of the abdomen; Pus and blood in the stools (more blood than pus); Tenesmus; Conjunctivitis; Leukorrhea; Thirst; Urinary tract infection; Red tongue, yellow coating; Rapid-Wiry pulse (Shu Xian). |