Tongue
Red, dry yellow coat
Pulse
Deep, full
Key Symptoms
Overview
Heat binding the Intestines — the Zang-Fu name for dry stool with heat.
Relationship to Yang Ming Fu. Same organ, different frame. Heat in the Large Intestine can be a standalone Zang-Fu constipation-heat picture with no Shang Han course. Yang Ming Fu is the Shang Han fu stage: tidal fever, worse-with-pressure fullness, delirium, deep excess pulse. Load both. Use this page for Zang-Fu or chronic heat-bind; use Yang Ming Fu when the case is an interior excess febrile stage.
Differentiate from
- Large Intestine Dryness (no strong Heat, elderly or after fluids damaged)
Treatment Principle
Drain Heat; purge accumulation.
Representative formulas. Da Cheng Qi Tang family — used with caution.
Representative points. LI-11, ST-25, ST-37, ST-44, SJ-6.
Representative Formulas
Acupuncture Points
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