Abstract:Senile constipation is a common senile disease,which seriously affects patients' health and quality of life. Prof. GE believes that most elderly people suffer from reduced physical function and deficiency of both mentality and body. The pathogenesis of senile constipation is the deficiency of the spleen and kidney,resulting in the abnormal ability of the anus,and the deficiency leads to the excess or there is deficiency- excess complex. In clinical practice, Prof. GE usually regulates and supplements the spleen and kidney;she uses both unblocking and supplementing together and treats according to different syndromes. She often takes Jichuan Decoction and Zhizhu Pills as the fundamental formula to be modified in clinical practice. In addition, she pays attention to the prevention of the disease, and regulates and improves people's constitution by prescribing medicine of soft extract formulas and instructing dietary habits,which often leads to a satisfactory curative effect.