《病源论》云∶冷热气调，其饮则静，而利亦休也，肠胃虚弱，易为冷热，其邪气或动
或静
《僧深方》治休息下方∶煮小豆一升，和腊三两，顿服，验。
又方∶煮韭，空腹一碗热服，不过再，验。
《范汪方》治息下、休下方∶酸石榴合皮捣取汁服之。
《陶景本草注》∶柿，火熏者食之。
又方∶榉树皮煮汁服之。
《葛氏方》若久下经时不愈者，名息下休下，治之方∶龙骨四两，捣如小豆，水五升，
煮取
又方∶黄连如鸭子大一枚，胶如掌大一枚，熟艾一把，水五升，煮二物，取二升，去滓，
纳
又方∶常煮忍冬饮之。
《集验方》云∶黄帝曰∶人苦溏泄（达郎反，思引翼逝二反）下利者何？对曰∶春伤于
风，夏
论曰∶泄凡有五种，各不同。胃泄者，饮水不化，色黄，言所食饮之物皆完出不消也；
脾泄
肠
故
下
《范汪方》治腹痛消谷止利服大豆方∶取大豆择貌好者服一合所，日四五服，一日中四
五合
难，
《医门方》治泄利或白赤不止，肠滑洞泄困极欲死方∶
酸石榴皮（三两） 干地黄（二两） 黄柏（三两） 阿胶（二两，炙）
水五升，煮取二升，去滓分温二服。
《千金方》健脾丸∶主虚劳羸瘦，体重，胃冷弱不消饮食、雷鸣腹胀、泄利不止方。
钟乳（二两） 赤石脂（二两） 好曲（二两） 大麦孽（二两） 当归（二两） 黄
连（二两） 人
斛（二两） 桂心（二两）
凡十五味，白蜜丸如梧子，酒服十五丸，日三，稍加至四十丸，弱者饮服。此方通治男
女，
《短剧方》云∶泄利食不消，不作肌肤，（灸脾俞，随年壮）；泄注便脓血、五色重下，
（灸
云∶
*Zhubing Yuanhou Lun* (Treatise on the Pathogenesis and Manifestations of All Diseases) states: When cold and heat qi are out of harmony, the fluids in the body become static, and diarrhea ceases; however, if the intestines and stomach are weak, they are easily affected by cold and heat pathogens, causing these pathogenic factors to sometimes move and sometimes remain static.
*Seng Shen Fang* (Prescriptions from Monk Shen) for treating *Xiuxi Li* (Dysentery with intermittent remission): Boil one sheng of adzuki beans, mix with three liang of cured meat made in the twelfth lunar month, and take all at once. It is effective.
Another prescription: Boil Chinese chives (*Jiu Cai*), drink one bowl hot on an empty stomach. It will not exceed two doses to be effective.
*Fan Wang Fang* (Prescriptions of Fan Wang) for treating *Xixia* (Intestinal discharge) and *Xiuxia* (Intermittent diarrhea): Crush sour pomegranates including the peel, extract the juice, and take it.
*Tao Hongjing's Bencao Zhu* (Commentary on Materia Medica by Tao Hongjing): Eat persimmons that have been smoked by fire.
Another prescription: Boil the bark of Zelkova schneideriana (*Zhu Pi*) and take the decoction.
*Ge Shi Fang* (Prescriptions of Ge Shi): If chronic diarrhea persists for a long time without healing, it is called *Xixia* or *Xiuxia*. The treatment prescription is: Longgu (Fossil Bones), four liang, crushed to the size of small beans, add five sheng of water, boil to obtain... [text missing].
Another prescription: Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), one piece the size of a duck egg; Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin), one piece the size of a palm; Shuai Ai (Prepared Mugwort Leaf), one handful. Add five sheng of water, boil the first two substances, obtain two sheng of liquid, remove the dregs, and add... [text missing].
Another prescription: Frequently boil Honeysuckle (*Rendong*) and drink it.
*Jiyan Fang* (Prescriptions of Verified Experience) states: The Yellow Emperor asked, "Why do people suffer from loose stools (pronounced 'Da Lang', reverse reading 'Si Yin Yi Shi') and diarrhea?" The answer was: In spring, injury by wind, in summer... [text missing].
The discussion states: There are generally five types of diarrhea, each different. Wei Xie (Stomach Diarrhea) manifests as inability to digest drinks, yellow stool color, indicating that ingested food and drink are excreted intact without digestion; Pi Xie (Spleen Diarrhea)... [text missing] Chang (Intestine)... Gu (Therefore)... Xia (Down)... [text missing].
*Fan Wang Fang* for treating abdominal pain, complete undigested food in stool (*Xiaogu*), and stopping diarrhea by consuming soybeans: Select good-looking soybeans, consume about one ge, take four to five times a day, totaling four to five ge in one day... [text missing] Nan (Difficult)... [text missing].
*Yimen Fang* (Prescriptions of the Medical Gate) for treating persistent diarrhea with white or red pus/blood, intestinal slipping, severe watery diarrhea leading to extreme exhaustion and near death:
Suan Shiliu Pi (Pomegranate Peel), three liang; Gan Dihuang (Rehmanniae Radix Preparata), two liang; Huangbai (Phellodendri Cortex), three liang; Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin), two liang, roasted.
Add five sheng of water, boil to obtain two sheng, remove dregs, divide into two warm doses.
*Qianjin Fang* Jianpi Wan (Spleen-Strengthening Pill): Mainly treats deficiency consumption with emaciation, heavy body weight, cold and weak stomach unable to digest food/drink, borborygmus and abdominal distension, and persistent diarrhea.
Zhongru (Gypsum Fibrosum), two liang; Chishizhi (Halloysit Rubrum), two liang; Hao Qu (Good Fermented Wheat Mass), two liang; Damai Nie (Hordei Germen), two liang; Danggui (Angelicae Sinensis Radix), two liang; Huanglian (Coptidis Rhizoma), two liang; Renshen (Ginseng Radix)... [text missing] Hu (possibly referring to a unit or herb like Tianma/Human parts, context unclear), two liang; Guixin (Cinnamomi Ramulus), two liang.
Total fifteen ingredients. Make pills using white honey the size of wutong seeds. Take fifteen pills with wine, three times a day, gradually increasing to forty pills. Weak patients may take with water. This formula treats both men and women... [text missing].
*Duanju Fang* (Short Drama Prescriptions) states: Diarrhea causing undigested food and failure to build flesh/muscle, (Moxibustion on Pishu [BL20], moxa cones according to age); Dysenteric diarrhea with pus and blood, five-colored heavy dysentery, (Moxibustion on... [text missing]).
States: ... [text missing].