治脾受湿气，泄利不止，米谷不化。
黄连(去须，锉如豆) 吴茱萸 白芍药(锉如豆，各二两，同炒令赤色)
上为末。每服二钱，水一盏，煎至七分，温服。
治冷热下痢肠滑，赤白如鱼脑，日夜无度，腹痛不可忍者。
黄连（六两） 阿胶(麸炒) 当归（各三两） 干姜(炮，二两)
上为末，醋煮米糊为丸，如梧子大。米饮下五十丸至一百丸。
治冷热痢。
罂粟壳（一两，赤用蜜炙，白不炙，赤白杂半生半炙) 橘皮 甘草(并如上法，各一两)
上为锉散。每服四钱，以百沸汤七分盏，急用盏盖之，候温澄清者服。血痢，入乌梅一
个。罂粟壳，《本草》不说治痢，近用之极效，其功不下地榆、黄柏、秦皮，但性紧涩，服
之则呕，不可不知。
治肠虚下痢，赤白频并，日久无度，老幼产妇，俱可服之。
罂粟壳（三两，醋浸炙稍黄) 枳壳(麸炒去瓤) 白芍药（各二两） 橘红 当归 甘草(炙，各
一两） 诃子(煨去核) 木香(煨) 人参 白姜(炮，各半两)
上为锉散。每服四钱，水一盏半，煎七分，去滓，食前服。
治下痢赤白，日夜无度；及泄泻注下。
柏皮(大浓者，去粗皮切) 大蒜(细切研) 罂粟壳(去瓣细切，各等分)
上三物，一处捣筛过，粗者更捣，同淹一宿，次日慢火炒香熟，亦旋筛取细者，余更炒
，不尔，则细者焦，碾为末，粟米饮糊丸，如梧子大。每服五十丸，米汤下。
Treats the spleen affected by dampness, resulting in incessant diarrhea with undigested food and grain.
Coptidis Rhizoma (remove the rootlets, chop into pieces the size of beans) Evodiae Fructus Paeoniae Albae Radix (chop into pieces the size of beans, each two liang, stir-fry together until reddish)
Grind the above ingredients into powder. Take two qian per dose, add one zhan of water, decoct until seven-tenths remain, and take warm.
Treats dysentery caused by cold-heat alternation with intestinal sliding and incontinence, stool resembling fish brain with red and white discharge, occurring day and night without restraint, accompanied by unbearable abdominal pain.
Coptidis Rhizoma (six liang) Coagulum Sangvinis Bovis (stir-fried with bran) Angelicae Sinensis Radix (each three liang) Zingiberis Rhizoma (processed, two liang)
Grind the above ingredients into powder, mix with vinegar-boiled rice paste to make pills the size of sophora seeds. Take fifty to one hundred pills with rice drink.
Treats cold-heat dysentery.
Papaveris Pericarpium (one liang; use honey-processing for red ones, no processing for white ones; for mixed red and white, half raw and half processed) Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (process as above, each one liang)
Chop the above ingredients into coarse powder. Take four qian per dose, pour seven-tenths of a zhan of boiling water, cover immediately with a bowl, wait until lukewarm, then take the clarified liquid. For bloody dysentery, add one mume fruit. Papaveris Pericarpium is not recorded in Bencao as treating dysentery, but recent use shows extreme efficacy, its merit not inferior to Sanguisorbae Radix, Phellodendri Cortex, or Fraxini Cortex, but its nature is astringent and tight, causing vomiting if taken improperly, which must be known.
Treats dysentery due to intestinal deficiency, with frequent alternating red and white stools, long-standing and uncontrolled, suitable for the elderly, children, and postpartum women.
Papaveris Pericarpium (three liang, soaked in vinegar and processed until slightly yellow) Aurantii Fructus (stir-fried with bran, remove pith) Paeoniae Albae Radix (each two liang) Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Rubrum Angelicae Sinensis Radix Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma (processed, each one liang) Terminaliae Chebulae Fructus (roasted, remove core) Aucklandiae Radix (roasted) Ginseng Radix et Rhizoma Zingiberis Rhizoma (processed, each half liang)
Chop the above ingredients into coarse powder. Take four qian per dose, add one and a half zhan of water, decoct until seven-tenths remain, strain, and take before meals.
Treats dysentery with red and white discharge, occurring day and night without restraint; and profuse watery diarrhea.
Phellodendri Cortex (select thick ones, remove rough bark and cut) Allii Sativi Bulbus (finely chop and grind) Papaveris Pericarpium (remove valves, finely chop, equal parts of all three)
Pound the above three substances together, sieve, pound the coarse residue again, soak together overnight, next day stir-fry slowly until fragrant and cooked, sieve to obtain fine powder immediately, stir-fry the remainder again, otherwise the fine powder will burn, grind into powder, mix with millet drink and paste to make pills the size of sophora seeds. Take fifty pills per dose, swallow with rice soup.