What is the principle of peony licorice decoction for constipation What should constipation patients pay attention to in their daily diet

The principle of peony licorice decoction in the treatment of constipation is mainly that the formula has the effect of sour, glycerine, yin, and pain relief.

Peony licorice decoction is a traditional Chinese medicine prescription, the main ingredients include peony and licorice (burned), peony is sour and bitter, and has the effect of qi. Boiled licorice is warm and sweet, and has the effect of reversing qi. Moreover, peony can laxify the liver, and licorice can ease the liver and spleen. The peony licorice decoction composed of the above two traditional Chinese medicines can play the role of sourness and glycansis and yin, relieve acute pain, and is often used to improve abdominal pain, poor blood flow, constipation, etc.However, it is not allowed to use the medicine privately, and it is necessary to take the medicine under the syndrome differentiation of traditional Chinese medicine in combination with the specific situation, and the doctor will make appropriate drug addition and subtraction for the prescription. Peony licorice decoction is more suitable for weak patients, and patients with weak cold should not be used.

Patients with constipation need to pay attention to their diet every day, and it is not recommended to eat too much hard and indigestible food, nor is it recommended to eat too much spicy and irritating food, and it is necessary to eat a light and digestible diet. At the same time, it is also necessary to choose appropriate sports according to your own physical conditions, such as running, playing ball, tai chi, Baduanjin, etc., with the purpose of accelerating gastrointestinal peristalsis and helping the intestines to expel stool from the body.