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MENTAL MODEL · M1927

Tenesmus / Li Ji Hou Zhong

Tenesmus / Li Ji Hou Zhong
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Version 1.0.0 · Updated 2026-07-30

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A typical symptom of dysentery or damp-heat diarrhea. There is acute abdominal pain and urgent desire to defecate (Li Ji), and during defecation, there is anal heaviness and bearing down, with a feeling of incomplete evacuation or inability to defecate (Hou Zhong).

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A clogged sewer. This is damp-heat qi stagnating in the rectum. Just like a sewer that is not completely blocked, but because the pipe walls are swollen (qi stagnation), the flow is not smooth, and there is always a feeling that something has not been fully expelled.

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A symptom name in traditional Chinese medicine, referring to acute abdominal pain with urgent desire to defecate, and a bearing-down sensation with incomplete evacuation after defecation. It is commonly seen in dysentery and damp-heat accumulation descending into the large intestine.

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