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Treats deficiency and exhaustion in men, where the five zang organs and six fu organs are damaged and afflicted by cold. Initially presenting as dysentery (Zhi Xia), it may later deteriorate into a severe condition with mixed colors of five hues, appearing red and black like rotting intestines.

Zhongru Fen (Stalactite Powder), Chishizhi (Red Halloysite) (each 3 liang), Fanshi (Alum), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Rongrong (Cistanche), Guixin (Cinnamon Twig), Shihu (Dendrobium), Wuweizi (Schisandra Berry), Zexie (Alisma), Yuanzhi (Polygala Root), Jisheng Baiziren (Platycladi Semen parasitic on cypress), Renshen (Ginseng), Baitouweng (Pulsatilla), Tianxiong (Aconitum carmichaelii lateral root prepared), Danggui (Angelica sinensis), Shiliupi (Pomegranate Peel), Muli (Oyster Shell), Longgu (Fossilized Bone), Gancao (Licorice Root) (each 2 liang).
Grind the above twenty ingredients into powder, form pills with honey, and take 20 pills with wine, three times a day. The dosage may be increased to 40 pills. These two formulas are miraculous for stopping dysentery.

For treating severe cold-induced profuse dysentery with intestinal slipping, discharging red and white discharge resembling fish brains, occurring day and night without restraint, accompanied by unbearable abdominal pain.

Huanglian (Coptis Rhizome) (6 liang), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger) (2 liang), Danggui (Angelica sinensis), Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin) (each 3 liang).
Grind the above four ingredients into powder. Dissolve the gelatin in 8 ge of strong vinegar, mix well, and hand-roll into pills the size of soybeans. Allow to dry. Adults take 30 pills with water, three times a day. For children, reduce the dosage according to their condition.

For treating cold-type white dysentery with abdominal pain.

Chishizhi (Red Halloysite), Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Danggui (Angelica sinensis), Longgu (Fossilized Bone), Muli (Oyster Shell) (each 3 liang), Fuzi (Prepared Aconite Lateral Root) (2 liang), Renshen (Ginseng) (1.5 liang), Baizhu (Atractylodes Macrocephala Rhizome) (1 sheng).
Chop the above ten ingredients. Boil Baizhu in 1 dou 2 sheng of water until reduced to 9 sheng. Add the remaining herbs and boil until reduced to 3 sheng. Divide into three doses. If pus is present in the stool, add N Hou (Magnolia Bark) 3 liang; if vomiting occurs, add Ju Pi (Citrus Peel) 3 liang.

Another formula: Longgu (Fossilized Bone) (6 liang), Houpo (Magnolia Bark), Danggui (Angelica sinensis) (each 3 liang), Chishizhi (Red Halloysite) (5 liang).
Chop the above four ingredients. Boil in 7 sheng of water until reduced to 2.5 sheng. Divide into three doses. If heat signs are present, add Baitouweng (Pulsatilla) 2.5 liang and Muli (Oyster Shell) 3 liang.

Taohua Wan (Peach Blossom Pill): Treats lower jiao cold causing twisting pain below the umbilicus.

Ganjiang (Dried Ginger), Chishizhi (Red Halloysite) (each 10 liang).
Grind the above two ingredients into powder, form pills with honey the size of pea seeds. Take 10 pills, three times a day. Dosage may be increased to 20 pills.

For treating cold dysentery caused by accumulation of cold qi in the lower abdomen, resulting in frequent bowel movements of 30-40 times per day.

Cangjingmi (Stored Rice Grain) (0.5 sheng, washed clean and drained), Xiebai (Allium macrostemon Bulb) (one handful, remove green parts and finely chop), Yangzhi (Mutton Fat) (1 sheng, rendered), Xiangchi (Prepared Soybean Fermented Product) (3 sheng, decocted in 1 dou of water to obtain 5 sheng of clear liquid).
Take the above four ingredients. First, fry the Xiebai in Yangzhi until yellow. Then add the rice and the clear Xiangchi liquid, and decoct until 4 sheng remains. Take 1 sheng warm on an empty stomach in the morning. (The text implies taking this dose after walking for the time equivalent to traveling ten li).