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Anshen Wan (Calming Spirit Pill), Xiao Jing Wan (Minor Startle Pill), Baizhu San (Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder): Treat diarrhea with green stools. (Formulas are cited previously.)

Baizhu San (Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder), Chansu Wan (Toad Venom Pill), Shijun Bing (Quingjie Biscuit): Treat diarrhea where the stool is rotten and mud-like, accompanied by abdominal tightness. (Formulas are cited previously.)

Xiaoji Wan (Accumulation-Dissolving Pill): Treat diarrhea with extremely foul-smelling stool and abdominal pain. (Formula cited previously.) After administration, subsequently use Yihuang San (Yellow Protecting Powder) (formula cited later), Pingwei San (Stomach-Pacifying Powder), and Suosha Xiangfu Tang (Amomum and Cyperus Decoction), to tonify Spleen Qi for stabilization. (Formulas are cited in the Major Formulas section under Qi Disorders and Spleen-Stomach categories.)

Wuling San (Five-Ingredient Poria Decoction) (formula cited in Major Formulas section under Heatstroke category), Tongxin Yin (Heart-Unblocking Infusion) (formula cited previously): Treat loose stools with a sensation of heat in the large intestine. Take 2 qian per dose, administered with a decoction of Dengxincao (Junci Medulla).

For extreme cold in the Zang-Fu organs, with watery diarrhea resembling broken water, use Yunqi San (Qi-Balancing Powder). To alter the syndrome pattern, use Baizhu San (Atractylodes Macrocephala Powder) or Guanyin San (Guanyin Powder), taken with a decoction of Dongguazi Ren (Winter Melon Seed). Or, for Spleen Qi deficiency, take Lizhong Tang (Regulate the Middle Decoction). Lizhong Tang (Regulate the Middle Decoction): Treat persistent cold-type diarrhea. Take 1 qian per dose, mixed with Jujube Decoction or Salt Water. (Formula cited in Major Formulas section under Cholera category.)

Doukou San (Cardamom Powder): Treat abdominal pain with profuse diarrhea due to deficiency-cold of the intestines and stomach.
Roudoukou (Nux Vomica Seed / Myristicae Semen) (one seed, hollowed out, filled with a piece of Rushi Xiang (Frankincense), wrapped in dough and roasted until cooked).
Grind into powder. Take 1 qian per dose, mixed with Rice Drink.

He'an San (Harmony and Peace Powder):
Muxiang (Costus Root), Danggui (Angelica Sinensis Root), Chuanxiong (Ligusticum Chuanxiong Rhizome), Bei Qianhu (Peucedani Radix), Chaihu (Bupleuri Radix), Qingpi (Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride), Beigeng (Platycodonis Radix), Gancao (Glycyrrhizae Radix et Rhizoma, honey-fried), Chifuling (Poria with Red Host, each in equal parts).
Cut into coarse pieces. Take 1 qian per dose, decoct with one cup of water, two slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens), and one Dazao (Jujubae Fructus). Take on an empty stomach.

Pipaye San (Loquat Leaf Powder), Laifu Dan (Restoring Harmony Pill) (formulas cited in Major Formulas section under Heatstroke and Chronic Cold categories).
Yangzang Tang (Nourish Viscera Decoction), Xianglian Wan (Coptis and Costus Pill) (formulas cited in Major Formulas section under Diarrhea category).

Zhenling Dan (Spiritual Energy Cinnabar Pill): Treat sallow-dark complexion, tooth loss, weak bone strength, lower abdominal pain, and diarrhea with abundant white pus.
Take three pills of the above, grind into powder, add Zhongru Fen (Stalactitum Powder) half a qian. Decoct with Chao Poguzhi (Fried Psoraleae Fructus) 1.5 qian, Sheng Roudoukou (Raw Myristicae Semen) 1 qian, and two Dazao (Jujubae Fructus). Take the clear decoction to administer the powder.

Xiangge Tang (Pueraria and Costus Decoction):
Take two slices of Shengjiang (Zingiberis Rhizoma Recens) and five grains of Douchi (Sojae Semen Praeparatum), decoct with one cup of water. (Formula cited in Major Formulas section under Cold Damage category.)