| For those with dry stool or constipation, purgation is adopted to clear away heat and promote bowel movement. |
| Clinical research on purgation in the treatment of the condition lends some support to this hypothesis. |
| Herbs with this flavor are generally used for clearing heat, inflammation, infections, toxicity, purgation, discharge dampness, cough vomiting. |
| In order to understand the use of purges in TCM it is important to understand the concepts and principles of purgation as applied in herbal practice. |
| Catharsis is the explosion or release of long-repressed feelings, the purgation of secret passions. |
| What was the evidence, he asked, that purgation did anyone any good? |
