Dysentery, chronic painful

For chronic painful dysentery, add Radix Saussureae Seu Vladimiriae (Mu Xiang) and Radix Albus Paeoniae Lactiflorae (Bai Shao). 

If left untreated, bacfllary dysentery usually lasts about 1 week (range 1-30 days). Complications are unusual but may include severe dehydration, generalized seizures, septicemia, toxic megacolon, perforated colon, arthritis, protein-losing enteropathy, and HUS. Mortality is rare, but it may be more likely with S. dysenteriae type I. Fess than 3% of persons who are infected with S. flexneri will later develop Reiter s syndrome, characterized by pains in the joints, irritation of the eyes, and painful urination. This can lead to chronic arthritis. ... 

Traditional use In folk medicine a decoction of the seeds and roots is used to treat dysentery, scrofula, and bladder diseases. A tincture of the entire plant in vodka is drunk to treat goiters, rheumatism and common colds, and inflammatory diseases and is also used as a diaphoretic, antipyretic, and sedative. A tea made from the entire plant is used to treat cancer. An infusion is used to stimulate digestion, to treat intestinal atonia, stomach spasms, liver inflammation, jaundice, acnte and chronic bronchitis, pertussis, painful menstruation, kidney stones, goiters, cancer, and to reduce sexual excitabihty. It is used externally in dry and damp compresses and aromatic baths. Fruits and seeds are used to treat eczema, itchy dermatosis, insect stings, and paralysis. A decoction of the root is used externally to treat skin diseases and furunculosis. A decoction of the entire plant is applied to the face after shaving, especially on pimples and fungal skin diseases (Maznev 2004). 

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