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Dysentery that is attributed to summerheat and is associated with abdominal pain, generalized heat, and vacuous pulse.

Medicinal therapy: Use Mosla Beverage (香薷饮 xiāng rú yǐn), Summerheat-Clearing Qì-Boosting Decoction (清暑益气汤 qīng shǔ yì qì tāng), Six-to-One Powder (六一散 liù yī sǎn), or Patchouli Qì-Righting Tablet (藿香正气片 huò xiāng zhèng qì piàn) plus costusroot (Aucklandiae Radix, 木香 mù xiāng). If signs include spontaneous sweating, heat effusion, grimy face, vomiting, thirst with intake of fluid, attacks of abdominal pain, red and white dysentery, and inhibited urination, combine Coptis and Mosla Powder (黄连香薷散 huáng lián xiāng rú sǎn) with Poria Five Powder (五苓散 wǔ líng sǎn). For contraction of summerheat-heat qì in the summer or autumn, with dysentery characterized by bloody stool and markedly frequent and incessant diarrhea, use white peony (Paeoniae Radix Alba, 白芍药 bái sháo yào), Chinese angelica (Angelicae Sinensis Radix, 当归 dāng guī), bitter orange (Aurantii Fructus, 枳壳 zhǐ ké), areca (Arecae Semen, 槟榔 bīng láng), gypsum (Gypsum Fibrosum, 石膏 shí gāo), costusroot (Aucklandiae Radix, 木香 mù xiāng), and radish seed (Raphani Semen, 莱菔子 lái fú zǐ).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment on ST, LI, and PC. Select LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū), ST-37 (Upper Great Hollow, 上巨虚 shàng jù xū), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), ST-44 (Inner Court, 内庭 nèi tíng), and LI-11 (Pool at the Bend, 曲池 qū chí); needle with drainage.

Point selection according to signs: For generalized heat and vacuous pulse, add GV-14 (Great Hammer, 大椎 dà zhuī) and LU-9 (Great Abyss, 太渊 tài yuān). For spontaneous sweating and heat effusion, add SI-3 (Back Ravine, 后溪 hòu xī) and HT-6 (Yīn Cleft, 阴郄 yīn xī). For thirst with desire to drink, add HT-5 (Connecting Lǐ, 通里 tōng lǐ) and KI-6 (Shining Sea, 照海 zhào hǎi). For inhibited urination, add CV-3 (Central Pole, 中极 zhōng jí), KI-10 (Yīn Valley, 阴谷 yīn gǔ), SP-9 (Yīn Mound Spring, 阴陵泉 yīn líng quán), and CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi). For dysentery with bloody stool, add SP-10 (Sea of Blood, 血海 xuè hǎi), and SP-9 (Yīn Mound Spring, 阴陵泉 yīn líng quán). For incessant frequent diarrhea, add moxa at BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), and BL-25 (Large Intestine Transport, 大肠俞 dà cháng shù).

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