泄泻下利，沉小滑弱。实大浮洪，发热则恶。
泻痢见于下部，时时惟出，无论因之内外，总属伤阴耗里之虚证。沉小滑弱，
乃为相宜。（滑乃有余，似乎相反。然喜其有水液，而不因泻痢枯涸耳。大约宜五苓散、平胃散、
东垣升阳除湿汤、理中汤、五味子散、四神丸、七味白术散。痢则芍药汤、香连丸、益元散、败毒散、
东垣芍药黄芩汤、和剂真人养脏汤、金匮桃花汤、白头翁汤、和剂参苓白术散，俱当审寒热虚实
选用之。）若实大浮洪则恶矣。实大与虚反，浮洪与里反。邪盛正衰，不言可喻。再加发热，则阴
气弥伤，而里气弥耗，不至躁亡不已也。
五苓散（见第十七）
平胃散 治脾胃不和，不思饮食，心腹胁肋胀满刺痛，口苦无味，胸满短气，呕哕
噫气吞酸，面黄肌瘦，体倦节痛。常自利，常发霍乱、反胃等证。
苍术（去粗皮、米泔浸，五斤） 陈皮（三斤二两，去白） 甘草（锉，炒，三十两） 浓朴（去粗皮、
姜制、炒，三斤二两）
上为细末。每服二钱。水一盏，姜三片，枣二枚，同煎七分，去滓温服。或去姜、枣带热服。空
心食前，入盐一捻，沸汤点服亦得。常服调气暖胃，化宿食，消痰饮，辟风寒冷湿不正之气。
东垣升阳除湿汤 治脾胃虚弱，不思饮食，肠鸣腹痛，泄泻无度，小便黄，四肢困弱。
甘草 大麦 面（如胃寒腹鸣者加） 陈皮 猪苓（以上各三分） 泽泻 益智仁 半夏 防风
神曲 升麻 柴胡 羌活（以上各五分） 苍术（一钱）
上 咀，作一服。水三大盏，生姜三片，枣二枚，同煎一盏。去滓，空心服。
理中汤（见第十七）
二神丸 治脾肾虚弱，侵晨五更作泻，全不思食，或食而不化，大便不实神效。
破故纸（四两，炒） 肉豆蔻（二两，生用）
用红枣四十九枚，生姜四两，同煮熟。去姜及皮核，取肉和药丸如梧子。每服五七十丸，空心盐汤下。
五味子散 治肾泄，在侵晨五更作泻，或大便不实，不时去后。
五味子（炒，二两） 吴茱萸（炒，五钱）
为末。每服二钱，白汤调服。为丸更妙。
四神丸 治脾肾虚弱，大便不实，饮食少思。即二神丸、五味子散合丸，空心食前服。
钱氏七味白术散 治中气亏损，津液短少，口舌干渴，或口舌生疮，不喜冷冻饮料，或吐泻后口干，最宜服。
人参 白术 木香 白茯苓 甘草 藿香（各五分） 干葛（一钱）
上，水煎服。
芍药汤 治便血后重。经曰∶溲而便脓血，知气行而血止也。行血，则便脓自愈。调气，则后重自除。
白芍药（二两） 当归 黄连 黄芩（各五钱） 槟榔 木香 甘草（各二钱） 桂（二钱半）
上 咀。每服五钱，水煎服。痢不减，加大黄。
香连丸 治痢疾，并水泻、暑泻，甚效。
黄连（十二两，另用吴茱萸十两为末。二味热水拌和，入瓷器，置热汤中顿一日，同炒至黄
连紫色，去茱用连）
为末。每四两，配木香一两，醋打米糊为丸，如梧子大。每服三十丸，白汤下。
久痢中气下陷，以补中益气汤下。中气虚者，四君子加姜桂汤下。
益元散（一名天水散，一名六一散） 治伤寒表里俱热，烦渴口干，小便不通及霍乱吐泻，下
利肠 ，五淋，及妇人产难，催生下乳。
桂府滑石（腻白者水飞，六两） 粉草（去皮，一两，研烂）
上为极细末。每服三钱，白汤调下，新水亦得。加薄荷末少许，名鸡苏散。加
青黛末少许，名碧玉散，治疗并同。
败毒散（见第三十七）
东垣芍药黄芩汤 治泄痢腹痛，或后重，身热，久不愈，脉洪疾者，及下痢脓血稠粘。
黄芩 白芍药（各一两） 甘草（五钱）
上 咀，每服一两，水一盏半，煎一盏，温服无时。如痛，加桂少许。
和剂真人养脏汤 治大人小儿冷热不调，下痢赤白，或便脓血，有如鱼脑，里急后
重，脐腹 痛，及脱肛坠下，酒毒湿毒，便血，并宜服。
人参 白术 当归（各六钱） 白芍药 木香（各一两六钱） 甘草 肉桂（各八钱） 肉果（
面裹煨，半两） 御米壳（蜜炙，三两六钱） 诃子肉（一两二钱）
上 咀，每服四钱，水一盏半，煎八分，去滓，食前温服。忌酒面生冷腥腻之
物。滑泄夜起，久不瘥者，加附子四片。
金匮桃花汤 治下痢脓血。
赤石脂（一斤，一半锉，一半筛末） 干姜（一两） 粳米（一升）
上先以水七升，煮米姜令熟，去滓，温七合，内石脂末方寸匕。日三服。若一服愈，勿服。
金匮白头翁汤 治热痢脓血。
白头翁（二两） 黄连 黄柏 秦皮（各三两）
上以水七升，煮二升，去滓。温服一升，不愈更服。
和剂参苓白术散 治久泻痢，或大病后调理。消渴者尤宜。
人参 干山药 莲肉（去心） 白扁豆（去皮，姜汁浸，炒，各一斤半） 于白术（二斤） 桔
梗（炒黄色） 砂仁 白茯苓（去皮） 薏苡仁 炙甘草（各一斤）
上为细末，每服二钱，米汤调下，或加姜枣煎服，或枣肉和丸，如桐子大。每
服七十丸，空心米饮下。或炼蜜丸如弹子大，汤化下。
泄泻与下利（痢疾），脉象表现为沉、小、滑、弱。若脉象实大浮洪，且伴有发热，则病情凶险。
泄泻和痢疾病位在下部，症状为频繁排出，无论病因是内伤还是外感，总属于损伤阴液、耗损里气的虚证。脉象沉小滑弱，才是相宜的。（滑脉通常主有余之证，看似相反。但此处喜其脉中有水液充盈，说明津液未因泄泻痢疾而枯竭干涸。）大概适宜使用的方剂有五苓散、平胃散、李东垣的升阳除湿汤、理中汤、五味子散、四神丸、七味白术散。若是痢疾，则适宜芍药汤、香连丸、益元散、败毒散、李东垣的芍药黄芩汤、《太平惠民和剂局方》真人养脏汤、《金匮要略》桃花汤、白头翁汤、《太平惠民和剂局方》参苓白术散，都应当审察寒热虚实来选用。（五苓散见第十七章）
平胃散：治疗脾胃不和，不想饮食，心腹胁肋胀满刺痛，口苦无味，胸满气短，呕吐呃逆嗳气吞酸，面色黄肌肉消瘦，身体疲倦关节疼痛。经常自发性腹泻，经常发作霍乱、反胃等证候。
处方组成：苍术（去除粗皮，用米泔水浸泡，五斤）、陈皮（三斤二两，去除白色部分）、甘草（切碎，炒制，三十两）、厚朴（去除粗皮，姜汁制，炒制，三斤二两）。
制法用法：以上药物研成细末。每次服用二钱。用水一盏，生姜三片，大枣二枚，共同煎煮至七分，去渣后温服。或者去掉姜、枣，趁热服用。空腹饭前服用，加入一撮盐，用沸水冲服也可以。常服可以调气暖胃，化解宿食，消除痰饮，抵御风寒湿邪不正之气。
李东垣升阳除湿汤：治疗脾胃虚弱，不想饮食，肠鸣腹痛，泄泻无度，小便黄，四肢困倦无力。
处方组成：甘草、大麦面（如果胃寒腹鸣者加用）、陈皮、猪苓（以上各三分）、泽泻、益智仁、半夏、防风、神曲、升麻、柴胡、羌活（以上各五分）、苍术（一钱）。
制法用法：以上药物切碎，作为一服的量。用水三大盏，生姜三片，大枣二枚，共同煎煮至一盏。去渣，空腹服用。
理中汤（见第十七章）
二神丸：治疗脾肾虚弱，清晨五更时分作泻，完全不想吃东西，或者吃了不消化，大便不成形，效果神奇。
处方组成：破故纸（即补骨脂，四两，炒制）、肉豆蔻（二两，生用）。
制法用法：用红枣四十九枚，生姜四两，共同煮熟。去掉姜及枣皮核，取枣肉与药粉混合，制成梧桐子大小的丸药。每次服用五七十丸，空腹用盐汤送下。
五味子散：治疗肾泄（五更泻），在清晨五更时分作泻，或者大便不成形，不时发生便意急迫。
处方组成：五味子（炒制，二两）、吴茱萸（炒制，五钱）。
制法用法：研成细末。每次服用二钱，用白开水调服。做成丸药更好。
四神丸：治疗脾肾虚弱，大便不成形，饮食少思。即由二神丸和五味子散合在一起制成的丸药，空腹饭前服用。
钱氏七味白术散：治疗中气亏损，津液短少，口舌干渴，或者口舌生疮，不喜欢冷冻饮料，或者吐泻后口干，最适合服用。
处方组成：人参、白术、木香、白茯苓、甘草、藿香（各五分）、干葛（即葛根，一钱）。
制法用法：以上药物，用水煎服。
芍药汤：治疗便血伴肛门重坠感（后重）。经书说：“小便涩痛且大便脓血，知道气行则血止。”行血，则便脓自愈；调气，则后重自除。
处方组成：白芍药（二两）、当归、黄连、黄芩（各五钱）、槟榔、木香、甘草（各二钱）、桂枝（二钱半）。
制法用法：以上药物切碎。每次服用五钱，用水煎服。如果痢疾症状不减，加大黄。
香连丸：治疗痢疾，以及水泻、暑泻，效果很好。
处方组成：黄连（十二两，另外用吴茱萸十两研成末。将这两味药用热水拌和，放入瓷器中，置于热水中炖一天，共同炒至黄连呈紫色，去掉吴茱萸只用黄连）。
制法用法：研成细末。每四两黄连，配伍木香一两，用醋打米糊为丸，如梧桐子大。每次服用三十丸，用白开水送下。
如果是久痢导致中气下陷，用补中益气汤送服。中气虚者，用四君子汤加姜桂汤送服。
益元散（又名天水散，又名六一散）：治疗伤寒表里俱热，烦渴口干，小便不通以及霍乱吐泻，下利肠澼，五淋，以及妇人难产，催生下乳。
处方组成：桂府滑石（质地细腻洁白的，水飞法处理，六两）、粉草（即甘草，去皮，一两，研烂）。
制法用法：以上药物研成极细末。每次服用三钱，用白开水调下，新汲水也可以。加入少许薄荷末，名为鸡苏散。加入少许青黛末，名为碧玉散，治疗功效相同。
败毒散（见第三十七章）
李东垣芍药黄芩汤：治疗泄痢腹痛，或者肛门重坠，身热，久不愈，脉象洪数疾速者，以及下痢脓血稠粘。
处方组成：黄芩、白芍药（各一两）、甘草（五钱）。
制法用法：以上药物切碎，每次服用一两，用水一盏半，煎煮至一盏，随时温服。如果疼痛，加少许桂枝。
《太平惠民和剂局方》真人养脏汤：治疗大人小儿冷热不调，下痢赤白，或者便脓血，状如鱼脑，里急后重，脐腹绞痛，以及脱肛坠下，酒毒湿毒，便血，都适宜服用。
处方组成：人参、白术、当归（各六钱）、白芍药、木香（各一两六钱）、甘草、肉桂（各八钱）、肉豆蔻（面粉包裹煨熟，半两）、御米壳（即罂粟壳，蜜炙，三两六钱）、诃子肉（一两二钱）。
制法用法：以上药物切碎，每次服用四钱，用水一盏半，煎煮至八分，去渣，饭前温服。忌食酒面生冷腥腻之物。如果是滑泄夜起，久不痊愈者，加附子四片。
《金匮要略》桃花汤：治疗下痢脓血。
处方组成：赤石脂（一斤，一半切碎，一半筛成粉末）、干姜（一两）、粳米（一升）。
制法用法：以上药物先用水七升，煮米和姜至熟，去渣，温服七合，加入一方寸匕的石脂末。每天服用三次。如果一次服用就痊愈了，就不要继续服用。
《金匮要略》白头翁汤：治疗热痢脓血。
处方组成：白头翁（二两）、黄连、黄柏、秦皮（各三两）。
制法用法：以上药物用水七升，煮取二升，去渣。温服一升，如果不愈，再服用。
《太平惠民和剂局方》参苓白术散：治疗久泻痢，或者大病后的调理。消渴病患者尤其适宜。
处方组成：人参、干山药、莲肉（去心）、白扁豆（去皮，姜汁浸泡，炒制，各一斤半）、于白术（二斤）、桔梗（炒至黄色）、砂仁、白茯苓（去皮）、薏苡仁、炙甘草（各一斤）。
制法用法：以上药物研成细末，每次服用二钱，用米汤调下，或者加姜枣煎服，或者用枣肉和药丸，如桐子大。每次服用七十丸，空腹用米饮送下。或者炼蜜为丸如弹子大，开水化开服用。
Diarrhea and dysentery present with a deep, small, slippery, or weak pulse. If the pulse is full, large, floating, and forceful, accompanied by fever, the prognosis is ominous.
Diarrhea and dysentery manifest in the lower part of the body, characterized by frequent evacuation. Regardless of whether the etiology is internal or external, these conditions generally belong to deficiency syndromes that damage Yin fluids and deplete interior Qi. A deep, small, slippery, or weak pulse is appropriate. (Although a slippery pulse typically indicates excess, it seems contradictory here. However, its presence is favorable as it suggests the preservation of fluid moisture, indicating that the body fluids have not been dried up due to diarrhea or dysentery.) Generally suitable formulas include Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Poria Decoction), Pingwei San (Calm the Stomach Powder), Li Dongyuan's Shengyang Chushi Tang (Raising Yang and Expelling Dampness Decoction), Lizhong Tang (Regulate the Middle Decoction), Wuweizi San (Schisandra Powder), Sishen Wan (Four Spirits Pill), and Qian's Qiwei Baizhu San (Seven-Ingredient Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder). For dysentery specifically, suitable formulas include Shaoyao Tang (Peony Decoction), Xianglian Wan (Aromatic Coptis Pill), Yiyuan San (Benefit Primordial Powder), Baidu San (Resist Toxins Powder), Li Dongyuan's Shaoyao Huangqin Tang (Peony and Scutellaria Decoction), Renyang Yangzang Tang (Nourish Viscera Decoction) from *Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang*, Taohua Tang (Peach Blossom Decoction) from *Jingui Yaolue*, Baitouweng Tang (Pulsatilla Decoction) from *Jingui Yaolue*, and Shenling Baizhu San (Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder) from *Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang*. These should be selected based on an assessment of cold, heat, excess, and deficiency. (Wuling San is detailed in Chapter 17.)
Pingwei San (Calm the Stomach Powder): Treats disharmony of the Spleen and Stomach, loss of appetite, distending pain and stabbing pain in the heart, abdomen, hypochondrium, bitter taste in the mouth, lack of flavor, chest fullness, shortness of breath, vomiting, belching, acid regurgitation, sallow complexion, emaciation, fatigue, and joint pain. It treats spontaneous diarrhea, recurrent cholera-like disorders, and regurgitation.
Ingredients: Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Lanceae) (remove coarse skin, soak in rice wash water, 5 jin); Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) (3 jin 2 liang, remove white pith); Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) (cut, stir-fried, 30 liang); Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis) (remove coarse skin, process with ginger juice, stir-fried, 3 jin 2 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose. Add 1 chalice of water, 3 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes. Decoct until reduced to 7/10 volume. Strain and take warm. Alternatively, omit ginger and jujube and take hot. Take on an empty stomach before meals. Taking 1 pinch of salt dissolved in boiling water is also acceptable. Regular use regulates Qi, warms the Stomach, resolves retained food, eliminates phlegm-fluids, and wards off pathogenic wind, cold, and dampness.
Li Dongyuan's Shengyang Chushi Tang (Raising Yang and Expelling Dampness Decoction): Treats Spleen-Stomach Qi deficiency, loss of appetite, borborygmus, abdominal pain, unceasing diarrhea, yellow urine, and weakness/heaviness in the four limbs.
Ingredients: Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata); Damai Mian (Farina Hordei Vulgaris) (add if Stomach cold with borborygmus); Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae); Zhuling (Sclerotium Polypori) (each 3 fen); Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis); Yizhiren (Fructus Alpiniae Oxyphyllae); Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae Preparata); Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae); Shenqu (Massa Medicata Fermentata); Shengma (Rhizoma Cimicifugae); Chaihu (Radix Bupleuri); Qianghuo (Rhizoma Notopterygii) (each 5 fen); Cangzhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Lanceae) (1 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Cut into pieces. Use one dose. Add 3 large chalices of water, 3 slices of fresh ginger, and 2 jujubes. Decoct until reduced to 1 chalice. Strain and take on an empty stomach.
Lizhong Tang (Regulate the Middle Decoction) (See Chapter 17).
Ershen Wan (Two Spirits Pill): Treats Spleen-Kidney deficiency, morning diarrhea occurring at the fifth watch (5-7 AM), complete anorexia, indigestion, and loose stools. Highly effective.
Ingredients: Poguzhi (Fructus Psoraleae) (4 liang, stir-fried); Roudoukou (Semen Myristicae) (2 liang, raw).
Preparation and Administration: Cook 49 jujubes and 4 liang of fresh ginger together until soft. Remove ginger and jujube pits/skins. Mix the jujube flesh with the powdered herbs to form pills the size of mulberry seeds. Take 50-70 pills per dose on an empty stomach with salted water.
Wuweizi San (Schisandra Powder): Treats Kidney diarrhea (morning diarrhea), occurring at the fifth watch, or loose stools with frequent urgency.
Ingredients: Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae Chinensis) (stir-fried, 2 liang); Wuzhuyu (Fructus Evodiae Officinalis) (stir-fried, 5 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with plain boiled water. Forming pills is superior.
Sishen Wan (Four Spirits Pill): Treats Spleen-Kidney deficiency, loose stools, and poor appetite. It is formed by combining Ershen Wan and Wuweizi San. Take on an empty stomach before meals.
Qian's Qiwei Baizhu San (Seven-Ingredient Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder): Treats deficiency of Middle Qi, shortage of body fluids, dry mouth and tongue, oral ulcers, aversion to cold drinks, or dry mouth after vomiting/diarrhea. Most suitable for these conditions.
Ingredients: Renshen (Radix Ginseng); Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae); Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae); Baifuling (Poria cum Radix Pini); Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata); Huoxiang (Herba Agastaches); Genge (Radix Puerariae Lobatae) (each 5 fen); Gan Ge (Radix Puerariae Lobatae) (1 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Decoct in water and take.
Shaoyao Tang (Peony Decoction): Treats bloody stool with tenesmus (heaviness in the rectum). The Classics state: "When urination is difficult and pus/blood appear in stool, know that moving Qi stops bleeding." Moving blood heals pus/bloody stool; regulating Qi relieves tenesmus.
Ingredients: Baishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae) (2 liang); Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis); Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis); Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae) (each 5 qian); Binglang (Semen Arecae); Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae); Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) (each 2 qian); Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi) (2.5 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Cut into pieces. Take 5 qian per dose, decoct in water. If dysentery persists, add Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei).
Xianglian Wan (Aromatic Coptis Pill): Treats dysentery, watery diarrhea, and summerheat diarrhea. Very effective.
Ingredients: Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis) (12 liang; separately, grind Wuzhuyu (Fructus Evodiae Officinalis) (10 liang) into powder. Mix the two with hot water, place in a porcelain vessel, set in hot water for one day, then stir-fry together until Huanglian turns purple. Discard Wuzhuyu, keep only Huanglian).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into powder. For every 4 liang of Huanglian, mix with 1 liang of Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae). Use vinegar and rice paste to form pills the size of mulberry seeds. Take 30 pills per dose with plain boiled water.
For chronic dysentery with sinking of Middle Qi, administer with Buchong Yiqi Tang (Tonify the Middle and Augment the Qi Decoction). For Middle Qi deficiency, administer with Sijunzi Tang (Four Gentlemen Decoction) plus Jiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma) and Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi).
Yiyuan San (Benefit Primordial Powder) (Also known as Tianshui San or Liuyi San): Treats exterior and interior heat from Cold Damage, irritability, thirst, dry mouth, urinary obstruction, cholera-like vomiting/diarrhea, intestinal dysentery, five types of strangury, and difficult labor in women (to induce labor and promote lactation).
Ingredients: Huashi (Talcum) (fine, white, processed by water flotation, 6 liang); Fengancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) (peeled, 1 liang, ground).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into extremely fine powder. Take 3 qian per dose, mixed with plain boiled water or new well water. Adding a little Bohe (Herba Menthae) powder creates Jisu San (Chicken Su Powder). Adding a little Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis) powder creates Biyu San (Jade Green Powder). Therapeutic effects are the same.
Baidu San (Resist Toxins Powder) (See Chapter 37).
Li Dongyuan's Shaoyao Huangqin Tang (Peony and Scutellaria Decoction): Treats abdominal pain from diarrhea/dysentery, tenesmus, fever, chronic non-healing cases with rapid/hyperactive pulses, and sticky pus/blood in stool.
Ingredients: Huangqin (Radix Scutellariae); Baishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae) (each 1 liang); Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) (5 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Cut into pieces. Take 1 liang per dose. Add 1.5 chalices of water, decoct to 1 chalice. Take warm at any time. If painful, add a small amount of Guizhi (Ramulus Cinnamomi).
Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang's Renyang Yangzang Tang (Nourish Viscera Decoction): Treats adults and children with imbalance of cold and heat, dysentery with red and white discharge, pus/blood in stool resembling fish brains, tenesmus, colic, rectal prolapse, alcohol toxicity, damp-toxin, and bloody stool. Suitable for all these conditions.
Ingredients: Renshen (Radix Ginseng); Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae); Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) (each 6 qian); Baishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Lactiflorae); Muxiang (Radix Aucklandiae) (each 1 liang 6 qian); Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata); Rougui (Cortex Cinnamomi) (each 8 qian); Ranguo (Semen Myristicae) (wrapped in flour, baked, 0.5 liang); Yumike (Pericarpium Papaveris) (honey-fried, 3 liang 6 qian); Hezi Rou (Semen Terminaliae Chebulae) (1 liang 2 qian).
Preparation and Administration: Cut into pieces. Take 4 qian per dose. Add 1.5 chalices of water, decoct to 0.8 volume. Strain and take warm before meals. Avoid alcohol, wheat products, cold/raw, greasy, and fishy foods. For slippery diarrhea with nocturnal onset and chronic non-resolution, add 4 slices of Fuzi (Radix Aconiti Lateralis Preparata).
Jingui Yaolue's Taohua Tang (Peach Blossom Decoction): Treats dysentery with pus and blood.
Ingredients: Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum) (1 jin, half cut, half sifted into powder); Ganjiang (Rhizoma Zingiberis Secati); Jingmi (Semen Oryzae Sativae) (1 sheng).
Preparation and Administration: First, add 7 sheng of water, boil Jingmi and Ganjiang until cooked. Strain. Take 0.7 he of the liquid warm, mixing in 1 fangcun bi (square-inch spoonful) of Chishizhi powder. Take three times daily. If cured after one dose, stop taking it.
Jingui Yaolue's Baitouweng Tang (Pulsatilla Decoction): Treats heat-dysentery with pus and blood.
Ingredients: Baitouweng (Herba Pulsatillae); Huanglian (Rhizoma Coptidis); Huangbai (Cortex Phellodendri); Qinpi (Cortex Fraxini) (each 3 liang).
Preparation and Administration: Add 7 sheng of water, decoct to 2 sheng. Strain. Take 1 sheng warm. If not cured, take again.
Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang's Shenling Baizhu San (Ginseng, Poria, and Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder): Treats chronic diarrhea/dysentery or post-illness recovery. Especially suitable for Xiao Ke (Wasting-Thirst).
Ingredients: Renshen (Radix Ginseng); Shanyao (Rhizoma Dioscoreae Oppositae); Lianrou (Semen Nelumbinis) (remove heart); Bian Dou (Semen Phaseoli Umbellati) (peel, soak in ginger juice, stir-fry, each 1.5 jin); Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) (2 jin); Jiegeng (Radix Platycodonis); Sharen (Fructus Amomi); Baifuling (Poria cum Radix Pini); Yiyiren (Semen Coicis); Zhi Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae Preparata) (each 1 jin).
Preparation and Administration: Grind into fine powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mixed with rice water. Alternatively, decoct with ginger and jujube, or mix with jujube flesh to form pills the size of paulownia seeds. Take 70 pills per dose on an empty stomach with rice drink. Or, refine honey to form pills the size of quail eggs, dissolve in water, and take.