Pulsatilla decoction consists of Pulsatilla chinensis, Cortex Phellodendri, Rhizoma Coptidis and Cortex Fraxini. The original doses were 15g, 6g, 12g and 12g respectively. But clinically, it is not limited to the original prescription, and it will be added and subtracted according to the condition to adapt to the change of the condition. Pulsatilla decoction comes from Treatise on Febrile Diseases written by Zhang Zhongjing, a "medical sage" at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Prescription points out that it is a common prescription for treating heat-toxic diarrhea. Clinically, abdominal pain, diarrhea, more redness and less whiteness, acute internal stress and heavy external stress, red tongue with yellow coating and number of pulse strings are the key points of syndrome differentiation. Modern application of this prescription is often used to treat amebic dysentery and bacillary dysentery with excessive heat and toxicity.

Functions of Pulsatilla Decoction

The function of Pulsatilla decoction is mainly to clear away heat, dry dampness, cool liver and detoxify. Clinically, it is often used to treat dysentery, especially the symptoms of acute diarrhea, that is, there is still a feeling of defecation after defecation, and it can also treat hemorrhoids, anal burning sensation and so on. Clinically, it can be combined with Radix Puerariae and Flos Lonicerae to treat cold.

It can also be used for treating abdominal pain, amebic dysentery, chronic colitis, female chronic pelvic inflammatory disease, acute urinary tract infection and bloody dysentery. In clinic, Pulsatilla decoction has a good curative effect on damp heat, which can be appropriately added and subtracted and should be carried out under the guidance of a doctor.