23. Constipation
• Definition
Difficult and/or infrequent defecation with passage of unduly hard and dry stool.
• Relevant diseases of western medicine
1. Habitual constipation
2. Atonic constipation
3. Spastic constipation
4. Intestinal neurosis
5. Bowel abstraction
6. Intestinal tumor
7. Perianal inflammation and infection
8. Hemorrhoid
9. Over dosage of antidoarrheal medicine
10. Adverse effect of medicine
• Etiology & pathogenesis
1. Constutional yang excess and accumulation of heat in the intestine and stomach
2. Qi stagnation
3. Qi and blood deficiency
4. Yang deficiency with internal cold
• Classification & treatment
1. Heat accumulation
Ma Zi Ren Wan
Huo Ma Ren---
Da Huang---
Xing Ren, Feng Mi---
Zhi Shi, Hou Po---
2. Qi Stagnation
Liu Mom,Tang
Mu Xiang, Wu Yao---
Zhi Shi, Chen Xiang, Bing Lang---
Da Huang---
3. Qi deficiency
Huang Qi Tang
Huang Qi, Gan Cao---
Hu Ma Ren, Feng Mi---
Chen Pi---
4. Blood deficiency
Run Chang Wan
Dang Gui, Sheng Di Huang---
Huo Ma Ren, Tao Ren---
Zhi, Qiao---
5. Yang deficiency
Ji Chuan Jian
Rou Cong Rong---
Dang Gui---
Niu Xi---
Zhi Qiao---
Sheng Ma, Ze Xie---
• Acupuncture treatment
UB25, ST25, SJ6, KI6
• Personal clinical experience
Difficult and/or infrequent defecation with passage of unduly hard and dry stool.
• Relevant diseases of western medicine
1. Habitual constipation
2. Atonic constipation
3. Spastic constipation
4. Intestinal neurosis
5. Bowel abstraction
6. Intestinal tumor
7. Perianal inflammation and infection
8. Hemorrhoid
9. Over dosage of antidoarrheal medicine
10. Adverse effect of medicine
• Etiology & pathogenesis
1. Constutional yang excess and accumulation of heat in the intestine and stomach
2. Qi stagnation
3. Qi and blood deficiency
4. Yang deficiency with internal cold
• Classification & treatment
1. Heat accumulation
Ma Zi Ren Wan
Huo Ma Ren---
Da Huang---
Xing Ren, Feng Mi---
Zhi Shi, Hou Po---
2. Qi Stagnation
Liu Mom,Tang
Mu Xiang, Wu Yao---
Zhi Shi, Chen Xiang, Bing Lang---
Da Huang---
3. Qi deficiency
Huang Qi Tang
Huang Qi, Gan Cao---
Hu Ma Ren, Feng Mi---
Chen Pi---
4. Blood deficiency
Run Chang Wan
Dang Gui, Sheng Di Huang---
Huo Ma Ren, Tao Ren---
Zhi, Qiao---
5. Yang deficiency
Ji Chuan Jian
Rou Cong Rong---
Dang Gui---
Niu Xi---
Zhi Qiao---
Sheng Ma, Ze Xie---
• Acupuncture treatment
UB25, ST25, SJ6, KI6
• Personal clinical experience
