Aidus & E-Fong Herbal Solution
Herbal Formula for Purgative
                             
                        Chapter 2

Herbal Formula  for Purgative

Purgative formula are mainly composed of purgative herbs which have the effects of purging heat to relieve constipation,
purging cold accumulation, and moistening intestines to relieve constipation. They are all used to treat constipation syndromes
due to interior excess and pertain to the purgative therapy of the eight therapies.
Constipation, also called difficulty in defecation, refers to dry and solid feces, difficulty in discharge with longer time of
defecation or no bowel movement for more than two or three days. "The six fu organs play functions well only when
un-obstruction" . Constipation reflects that the formed excessive evil is stayed and accumulated in the interior, which leads to
failure of the fu visceral qi in descending. The common symptoms of the interior excessive syndrome are stuffiness, fullness,
distention and pain of epigastrium and abdomen, constipation, poor appetite, thick coating, etc.
According to the principle proposed in Grand Discussion on Yin-Yang Corresponding to Natural Phenomena in the Plain
Questions, the interior excessiveness in the lower part should be purged, the above syndrome should be treated with purgative
therapy. The causes leading to constipation can be divided into cold, heat, deficiency and excess, so this kind of formulae can
condition of the excessive syndrome is different. It can be light or heavy, it's course can be long or short, so there are the
condition of the excessive syndrome is different. It can be light or heavy, it's course can be long or short, so there are the
divisions of drastic purgation and moderate purgation in the particular treatment methods. As for the methods of expelling
phlegm, dissipating stasis, expelling parasites and purging water, they also belong to purgative therapy. But they will be
discussed respectively in particular chapters and referred each other.