Symptoms and treatment of colitis, early treatment can relieve pain

The onset of colitis is mostly very slow, and some cases last for decades. Symptoms of abdominal pain, diarrhea, and constipation can be very painful for patients. Long-term and recurring illness can cause fatigue and weight loss in patients. Traditional Chinese medicine treatment can reduce patients' pain.

1. Basic symptoms of colitis:

1. Diarrhea: mucus and bloody stools. Mild cases may occur 3 to 4 times a day, while severe cases may occur dozens of times a day or diarrhea and constipation may occur alternately.

2. Abdominal pain: Mild patients have no abdominal pain or only abdominal discomfort. Generally, there is mild to moderate abdominal pain, which is paroxysmal pain in the left lower abdomen or lower abdomen, involving the whole abdomen with pain followed by the urge to defecate and relief after defecation.

3. Constipation: The patient has bowel movements once every 4 to 5 days. The stool is like sheep dung. In severe cases, the patient cannot have a bowel movement without taking laxatives.

4. Other symptoms: abdominal distension, weight loss, fatigue, intestinal rumbling, insomnia, frequent dreams, fear of cold, etc.

2. Famous Chinese medicine prescriptions for treating colitis:

1. Jingjie Lianqiao Decoction for the treatment of chronic enteritis: 10 grams of Jingjie, 10 grams of Saposhnikovia, 10 grams of Platycodon, 10 grams of Angelica dahurica, 12 grams of Bupleurum, 15 grams of Forsythia, 10 grams of Mentha, 10 grams of Chuanxiong, 5 grams of Coptis chinensis, 10 grams of Scutellaria baicalensis, 10 grams of Gardenia, 10 grams of Rehmannia glutinosa, 15 grams of Angelica sinensis, 10 grams of White Peony, 10 grams of Citrus aurantium, and 15 grams of Licorice. 7 doses, decocted in water, has a good therapeutic effect on chronic colitis.

2. Shenling Baizhu powder for the treatment of chronic ulcerative colitis: 30 grams of Codonopsis pilosula, 15 grams of Atractylodes macrocephala, 30 grams of Poria cocos, 25 grams of yam, 15 grams of lentils, 30 grams of Coix seeds, 10 grams of Amomum villosum, 15 grams of Platycodon grandiflorum, 15 grams of Terminalia chebula, 30 grams of nutmeg, 30 grams of red ochre, 30 grams of Yu Yuliang, 30 grams of calcined dragon oyster, 15 grams of jujube, and 15 grams of white cardamom.