Causes

1. Attack of external pathogenic heat and dampness. (Summer-Heat)
2. Improper diet

Symptoms

• Dysentery, acute gastroenteritis
• Diarrhea with pus and blood
• Rectal tenesmus, anal burning
• Stools like tar or yellow fluid
• Abdominal pain
• Thoracic-abdominal distension
• Heaviness of the four limbs
• Fever (high in the afternoon)
• Sweating
• Loss of appetite
• Nausea
• Red tongue with yellow seborrheic coating
• Slippery-Rapid pulse

Treatment

Drain and purge toxic heat:

• ST-37, ST-39, ST-44; ST-25, CV-12, ST-40, LI-11;
• LU-5+BL-40: the four bends: bleed in acute gastrointestinal attack.