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Important Formula for Painful Diarrhea

Chinese Prescription: Tong Xie Yao Fang

English Translation: Important Formula for Painful Diarrhea

Formula Type: Regulate and Harmonize the Liver and Spleen

Actions: Tonfies the Spleen, softens the Liver, expels dampness, & stops diarrhea.

Indications: Recurrent problems of borborygmus, abdominal pain, diarrhea with pain (which starts with the urge to defecate & subsides after completion), a thin, white tongue coating, & a wiry, moderate or wiry, thin pulse.

Contraindications: This formula is not indicated in cases of diarrhea due to food damage. While this can be acccompanied by abdominal pain, the pain will usually disappear after the bowels have been evacuated & the food stagnation dispersed. Other differentiating symptoms are the presence of undigested food in the stools & particularly smelly stools. Borborygmus, if present, is frequently followed by the discharge of gas, which also is foul-smelling.

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