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The so-called "all types of dysentery" refers to the fact that dysentery presents without a fixed pattern. Sometimes watery stools and undigested food are discharged, sometimes pus, sometimes blood; the color may be green, yellow, red, or white, changing unpredictably and mixed irregularly.
Or various colors mix together in the discharge. If complicated by heat, it appears yellow or red; if heat is extreme, it turns into pus and blood. If complicated by cold, it appears white; if cold is extreme, it appears green or black. All these changes are due to unregulated diet, imbalance of cold and heat, leading to weakness of Stomach Qi, thereby causing changes in stool color.

The key to treating dysentery lies in: Dysentery originates from accumulation and stagnation. "Accumulation" refers to the stagnation of tangible matter, while "stagnation" refers to the obstruction of Qi mechanism. The tangible matter desires to be expelled, but Qi stagnation hinders its exit, resulting in obvious tenesmus (abdominal urgency), intermittent defecation, occurring more than a hundred times a day and night. Patients urgently seek to stop diarrhea, unaware that this symptom is precisely caused by material accumulation and Qi stagnation. People only see the aforementioned symptoms, regardless of whether the stool is red or white or the pulse is large or small, and uniformly use purgative or draining medications. For material accumulation, they use substances like Radix Crotonis Seed (Badou) and Radix et Rhizoma Rhei (Dahuang); for Qi stagnation, they use Fructus Aurantii (Zhiqiao), Flos Platycodonis (Jiegeng), Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Qingpi), and Rhizoma Curcumae (Pengzhu). Addressing both simultaneously will surely achieve success. In between, supplementing with Huanglian Ejiao Wan yields particularly remarkable effects. This is because dysentery often arises when latent summer-heat dampness lingers in the body, compounded by consuming hot wine, wheat noodles, and roasted foods. Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin) is a crucial herb for the Large Intestine; if toxic heat lingers, it can guide it out; if no toxic heat lingers, it can calm the Stomach. If pills are unavailable in the market, one can prepare a decoction using Ejiao, Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Danggui), Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Qingpi), Poria Cocos (Chifuling), and Radix Scutellariae (Huanglian), adding Semen Ziziphus Spinosae (Wumei) and thick honey to boil together. This best sweeps away filth. Once the accumulation is removed, the frequency of defecation naturally decreases. Thereafter, regulate with Radix Aucklandiae (Muxiang), Poria Cocos (Fuling), Fructus Amomi Rotundus (Suosha), Semen Alpiniae Katsumadai (Baidoukou), Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae (Chenpi), and Radix Glycyrrhizae (Gancao), and appetite will naturally return.

Prescriptions
Zengsun Jianpi Wan (from *Qianjin Fang*) Treats men with deficiency-wasting, damage to the five Zang and six Fu organs, invasion of cold pathogen, initially presenting as Li Xia (dysentery), which later transforms into five-color dysentery. Stools resemble rotten intestines, dark red/black, with extremely foul odor. The body is emaciated and heavy, the Stomach is cold, food is not digested, and diarrhea is incessant.
Zhongru Fen (Calcitrum, 3 liang) Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum, 3 liang) Fanshi (Alumen) Ganjiang (Semen Zingiberis Recensum) Rongrong (Cibotii Rhizoma) Guixin (Ramulus Cinnamomi) Wuweizi (Fructus Schisandrae) Zexie (Rhizoma Alismatis) Yuanzhi (Radix Polygalae) Jisheng (Taxilli Herba)
Baiziren (Semen Platycladi) Baitouweng (Radix Pulsatillae) Renshen (Radix Ginseng) Tianxiong (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata) Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis) Shiliupi (Pericarpium Granati) Muli (Concha Ostreae) Longgu (Os Draconis) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, 2 liang each) Grind all into fine powder, make pills with honey, take 20 pills with wine, gradually increasing to 30-40 pills. This prescription is miraculous for stopping dysentery.

Shuizhu Muxiang Wan (from *Yuyuan Fang*) Treats Spleen and Stomach affected by dampness, sliding diarrhea of the Fu organs, abdominal pain, day and night without limit, borborygmus with water sounds. Whenever defecation is desired, there is tenesmus and heaviness in the rectum, or passage of yellow-red stool, or pus and blood. It is suitable for all such cases.
Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, remove whiskers) Dingxiang (Flos Caryophylli) Hezi Pi (Fructus Chebulae Pericarpium) Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) Huoxiang Ye (Agastachis Herba) Huanglian (Radix Scutellariae, processed with Ginger Juice, 1 liang each) Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis) Qingpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride, remove white pith) Baishao Yao (Radix Paeoniae Alba) Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, remove white pith) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-fried) Zhishi (Fructus Aurantii Immaturus, bran-fried) Ganjiang (Semen Zingiberis Recensum, processed, 0.5 liang each) Ruxiang (Olibanum) Roudoukou (Nucis Arecae Condita) Sharen (Fructus Amomi Rotundus, 1.5 liang each) Yumiqiao (Pericarpium Papaveris, honey-water stir-fried until yellow, 6 liang) Grind all into fine powder, make pills with refined honey, size of a bullet. Take one pill per dose, decoct in one large cup of water until reduced to 70%, take slightly warm with dregs before meals.

Zhi Li Xian Fang (Immortal Prescription for Dysentery) Verse says: Eight types of dysentery at death's door are critical, give equal parts of Immortal Prescription to treat you. Three fragrant herbs relieve pain excellently, four white herbs harmonize the middle, do not neglect them.
Dingxiang (Flos Caryophylli) Chenxiang (Lignum Aquilariae Resinatum) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) Baizhi (Radix Angelicae Dahuricae) Baifuling (Poria Cocos, white) Baishaoyao (Radix Paeoniae Alba) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) Zhike (Fructus Aurantii) Hezi (Fructus Chebulae) Diyu (Radix Sanguisorbae) Suan Shiliupi (Pericarpium Punicae Granati) Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae) Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis) Huanglian (Radix Scutellariae) Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) Yingsuke (Pericarpium Papaveris, honey-fried) Each 1 qian, divided into five doses. For white dysentery, decoct with fresh ginger; for red dysentery, decoct with Semen Ziziphus Spinosae.

For all dysentery patients, whether new or old, if medication provides temporary relief followed by recurrence, it means that even if new drugs stop the symptoms, the root cause remains. This is due to the imbalance of cold and heat in the intestines and stomach, with the disease root firmly knotted. It is necessary to use decoctions to cleanse and drain the pathological momentum. After dysentery stops, supplement with medication. For those with this condition, follow the posterior Fuzi Liuwei Tang to promote drainage. Afterwards, take Gaoliangjiang Shiwei San to tonify.
Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata, processed) Xixin (Herba Asari) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-fried) Renshen (Radix Ginseng, 2 liang each) Ganjiang (Semen Zingiberis Recensum, 3 liang) Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei, 5 liang) Cut into pieces, decoct in seven sheng of water until two sheng four he remain, strain, divide into three warm doses. Take one dose after walking for about ten li. This formula should induce smooth bowel movement; the foul matter discharged in dysentery may resemble fish brain or peach/plum pits. Do not be surprised if it differs from usual. Rest for three to four days, then combine with the posterior Gaoliangjiang Shiwei San for tonification.

Gaoliangjiang (Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum) Xixin (Herba Asari) Huangqi (Radix Astragali) Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) Kushen (Radix Sophorae Flavescentis, 5 liang each) Dingxiang (Flos Caryophylli, 2 liang) Renshen (Radix Ginseng) Ganjiang (Semen Zingiberis Recensum, 4 liang each) Doukou Zi (Fructus Cardamomi, 2-3...) [Text incomplete]
Shenyingsan (from *Wei Shi Fang*) Treats dysentery, tight and excellent.
Jinying Cao (Stem of *Rubia cordifolia*) Roudoukou (Nucis Arecae Condita) Hezi (Fructus Chebulae) Diyu (Radix Sanguisorbae) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) Yingsuke (Pericarpium Papaveris, remove calyx) Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, remove tail) Fuling (Poria Cocos) Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae)
Zhike (Fructus Aurantii, remove core) Wumei (Fructus Mume, 1 liang each) Dingpi (Cortex Caryophylli) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, specifically for pain relief, 5 qian each) Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, 1 liang, use red part to generate blood, omit if red dysentery)
Make into pills. For five-color dysentery, take with decoction of spring tea and Chenpi. If in powder form, take with one spoonful of honey, spring tea, and Wumei decoction.

Jiajian Muxiang Zhusan (from *Wei Shi Fang*) Treats all types of dysentery with miraculous effect.
Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) Roudoukou (Nucis Arecae Condita) Renshen (Radix Ginseng) Guanzi Gui (Ramulus Cinnamomi Cassiae) Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae) Hezi (Fructus Chebulae) Wumei (Fructus Mume, remove pit) Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin, fried with clam powder) Baifuling (Poria Cocos, white, 5 qian each) Yingsuke (Pericarpium Papaveris, 1.5 liang, remove calyx, honey-fried) Cut into coarse pieces. Take 4 qian per dose, with 1.5 cups of water, 3 slices of fresh ginger, 2 red dates, decoct together, strain, take on an empty stomach.

Da Duaxia Wan (Great Stop-Down Pill) Treats sliding dysentery with loss of control, emaciation, inability to eat, thin pulse, cold skin, shortness of breath, inability to speak, occasional spontaneous sweating. This is due to consumption of Spleen and Stomach deficiency. Consumption leads to Qi depletion. Since grain Qi does not enter the Stomach, the Stomach lacks master Qi to nourish, causing physical and Qi exhaustion. The fluids of the five Zang are not retained, called "Five Deficiencies." This is difficult to treat; survival is possible if the patient can eat. Also treats cold retention in Fu organs, umbilical and abdominal pain.
Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata, processed) Roudoukou (Nucis Arecae Condita, bread-baked) Muli (Concha Ostreae, weighed, 1 liang each) Xixin (Herba Asari, remove soil, 7.5 qian) Ganjiang (Semen Zingiberis Recensum, processed) Bailonggu (Os Draconis, ground) Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum, ground) Suan Shiliupi (Pericarpium Punicae Granati, boiled in vinegar until dry, baked, 1.5 liang each) Gaoliangjiang (Rhizoma Alpiniae Officinarum, remove rhizome, 1.5 liang) Baifan (Alumen, calcined) Hezi (Fructus Chebulae, remove pit, 1 liang each) Grind into powder, make pills with vinegar paste, size of paulownia seeds. Take 30 pills per dose, down with millet soup. Another method uses plain water; if Baifan and Hezi are unavailable, it is also acceptable.

Jiajian Pingwei San (Modified Pingwei Powder)
Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis) Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, 1 liang each) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, 7 qian) Binglang (Semen Arecae) Muxiang (Aucklandiae Radix, 1.5 liang each) Taoren (Semen Persicae) Huanglian (Radix Scutellariae) Renshen (Radix Ginseng)
Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin) Baifuling (Poria Cocos, white, 0.5 liang each) Grind into fine powder, decoct together with Pingwei San. Add more Taoren if bleeding increases; add Huanglian if heat diarrhea occurs; add Fuling if urination is obstructed; add Binglang if Qi does not descend and tenesmus persists; add Ejiao if pus is present; add Shaoyao and Gancao if abdominal pain occurs; add more Baizhu if dampness increases; add Dahuang if pulse is surging. The Stomach Qi is the foundation in all seasons. Prolonged bloody diarrhea damages Spleen and Stomach, blood fails to flow to limbs, enters the Stomach causing bloody dysentery.

Zhi Li Rusheng San (Holy Prescription for Dysentery) Treats all dysentery, regardless of new or old, red or white, or mixed red and white, day and night without limit, all can be treated. In the Renzi year of Shaoxi, Huang Langzhong, Supervisor of Zhejiang East, distributed this medicine, which was quite effective.
Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) Diyu (Radix Sanguisorbae) Suosharen (Fructus Amomi Rotundus) Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum) Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) Ganjiang (Semen Zingiberis Recensum) Hezirou (Fructus Chebulae flesh) Shiliupi (Pericarpium Granati) Yingsuke (Pericarpium Papaveris, equal parts)
Grind into coarse powder. One dose is 3 qian, add one Semen Ziziphus Spinosae to one cup of water, decoct until 70% remains, strain. Red dysentery: take cold. White dysentery: take hot. Mixed red and white: take warm. Suitable for elderly, pregnant women, and children. Avoid raw, cold, greasy foods.

Duanshi Tang (Decoction to Stop Dysentery) Treats water retention hidden in the chest and heart.
Banxia (Rhizoma Pinelliae, 1 sheng) Shengjiang (Fresh Ginger, 5 liang) Fuling (Poria Cocos) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae) Longgu (Os Draconis, 1 liang each) Fuzi (Aconiti Lateralis Radix Preparata, 1 liang) Renshen (Radix Ginseng) Huanglian (Radix Scutellariae, 3 liang each) Dazao (Fructus Jujubae, 12 pieces) Cut into pieces, decoct in eight sheng of water until three sheng remain, divide into three doses.

Treats various dysenteries and persistent red-white dysentery, emaciation.
Use Salvia plebeia (Shuweicao) decoction to drink. Alternatively, mix with rice gruel. Another method: use red flowers for red dysentery, white flowers for white dysentery, which is especially good.

Zhi Li Fang (Prescription for Dysentery)
Use one raw chicken egg, one piece of paper, ten Semen Ziziphus Spinosae (with flesh). Spread egg white over the paper, dry in sun, fold into four layers, wrap Semen Ziziphus Spinosae tightly, place in an ironing pan, burn with white charcoal. When smoke is almost gone, cover with a bowl, wait until cool, grind to very fine powder, add a little mercury powder (Shuiyinfen), mix evenly. Adult dose: divide into two; child dose: divide into three. Regardless of red or white dysentery, take on empty stomach with well water. If feeling slight bowel looseness... [Text cuts off]

Yuanqing Wan (Blue Origin Pill) Treats severe dysentery with frequent distress and pain, or chronic non-healing cases where other drugs fail. Purging is required to expel damp-heat,痞闷 (fullness/stuffiness), and accumulation, promoting Qi and fluid circulation. Use dredging methods to benefit accumulation. Treats sallow complexion, fullness in middle, edema, abdominal distension. Also treats pediatric convulsive malnutrition with accumulated heat, milk...
Huanglian (Radix Scutellariae, remove whiskers) Huangbai (Cortex Phellodendri) Dahuang (Radix et Rhizoma Rhei) Gansui (Radix Euphorbiae Kansui) Yuanhua (Flos Genkwa, vinegar-fried) Daji (Radix Euphorbiae Pekinensis, 0.5 liang each) Qianniu (Semen Pharbitidis, 4 liang, take 2 liang powder, above mixed finely) Qingfen (Calomelas, 2 qian) Qingdai (Indigo Naturalis, 1 liang) Grind into powder, make pills with water, size of soybeans. Initial dose: 10 pills, increase by 10 pills per subsequent dose. Take on empty stomach, noon, and bedtime, aiming for smooth bowel movement. Later maintain 15-20 pills. After a few days, resume eating. For chronic cases not cured, induce purgation again. After purgation, resume maintenance. Adjust according to condition, stop when disease is gone. Use subsequently based on symptoms. Pediatric pills: size of millet or sesame seeds. To reduce malnutrition heat and convulsions without purging, maintain 10 pills. [Note: Historical anecdote regarding efficacy on hair and teeth omitted for brevity but implied in source].
Qingfen (Calomelas) Fenshuang (Sublimated Arsenic Trioxide) Shasha (Realgar, separately ground) Xionghuang (Realgar, ground) Zhusha (Cinnabar) Xinpi (Arsenic Orpiment) Badou (Radix Crotonis Seed, peeled, 1 qian each) Huangdan (Minium, 3 qian) La (Beeswax, 3 qian) First grind Fenshuang, then add Shasha, grind fine. Add Xionghuang, Zhusha, Xinpi, grind again. Add Huangdan and powder, mix evenly. Separately grind Badou into oil, mix with previous powder. Heat near fire to control temperature. Separately soften wax, mix with medicine, roll into pills, size of soybeans. Take one pill with new water. Pediatric: size of millet. To stop vomiting, diarrhea, dysentery, mix with Guiling Ganlu San or Yi Yuan San.

Mifang Yangzang Tang (Secret Recipe Nourishing Viscera Decoction) Empirical treatment for five-color dysentery.
Chenpi (Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae, remove white pith) Zhike (Fructus Aurantii, remove core) Huanglian (Radix Scutellariae, remove whiskers) Nanmuxiang (Aucklandiae Radix) Wumei (Fructus Mume, remove pit, 5 qian each) Yingsuke (Pericarpium Papaveris, remove calyx membrane, honey-fried, 1 liang) Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis, remove rough bark, ginger juice-fried) Xingren (Semen Pruni Armeniacae, remove skin and tip) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, 5 qian each) Cut into coarse pieces. For five-color dysentery, decoct with black beans and dates. For red dysentery, decoct with Shengdihuang (Radix Rehmanniae), spring tea, and Gancao jie (Glycyrrhizae node). If ineffective for long-term five-color dysentery, add Longgu (Os Draconis), Chishizhi (Halloysitum Rubrum), Renshen (Radix Ginseng), Shaoyao (Radix Paeoniae), 1 liang total, grind into powder, make pills with honey, take with Wumei Gancao Tang. Millet drink is also acceptable.

Ruxiang San (Frankincense Powder) Treats severe dysentery, stops after a few doses.
Renshen (Radix Ginseng) Baizhu (Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae) Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis) Diyu (Radix Sanguisorbae) Ejiao (Donkey-hide Gelatin, 1 liang each) Bangfen (Clam Powder, fried yellow) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, 1 qian each) Ruxiang (Olibanum, small amount)
Roudoukou (Nucis Arecae Condita, two pieces, bread-baked) Cut into coarse pieces. Take 3 qian per dose, with one cup of water, decoct until 70% remains, strain, take warm. Also take Laifu Dan concurrently.

Diyu San (Sanguisorba Powder) Treats adults and children with Spleen-Stomach Qi deficiency, imbalance of cold and heat, dysentery with pus and blood, more red than white. Due to intestinal-stomach deficiency allowing toxic heat to infiltrate, pure blood dysentery, umbilical-abdominal pain, tenesmus, dry mouth, irritability, thirst, difficult urination, pure bright red blood. Or preceded by dysentery, not responding... [Text cuts off]
Diyu (Radix Sanguisorbae, fried) Gange (Radix Puerariae Lobatae, 0.5 jin each) Fuling (Poria Cocos, peeled) Chifuling (Poria Cocos, red, 6 liang each) Ganjiang (Semen Zingiberis Recensum, processed, 2 liang) Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, remove sprouts, 3 liang) Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae, honey-fried, 4 liang) Yingsuke (Pericarpium Papaveris, honey-fried, 12 liang) Grind into powder. Take 2 qian per dose, mix with warm cooked water, any time.

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Heihu Dan (Black Tiger Pill) Treats persistent dysentery.
Use pig gallbladder slaughtered in the twelfth month, collect over 100. Insert male soybeans into the gallbladder, add a little Moschus (Shexiang), dry in shade. Depending on age/size, take 5-7 grains, grind to fine powder. For red dysentery, take with Gancao Tang; for white dysentery, take with Shengjiang Tang.

Dushen Wan (Unique Spirit Pill) Treats all red-white dysentery, regardless of new or old, where hundreds of drugs fail. (Also known as Dusheng Wan.)
Use 10 liang of Yingsuke (Pericarpium Papaveris), divide into three parts. One part raw, remove calyx and core. One part vinegar-fried. One part honey-fried. Grind into powder, make pills with honey, size of little finger tip. For red dysentery, chew with Shengdihuang and spring tea decoction. For white dysentery, use Wumei and Gancao jie. Just 2 qian powder, aged rice salt plum soup is also effective.
Another method: decoct with ginger. Another method: use one cup rice vinegar, fry while dipping, until completely yellow, bake dry, grind to powder, make pills with honey, size of bullet. Take one pill per dose, add one cup water and a piece of ginger (size of finger nail), crush, decoct until 80% remains, take orally.

Chubaipi San (Tree Peony Bark Powder) Treats dysentery unresponsive to other drugs.
Use one handful of Chubaipi (Cortex Ailanthi), 50 grains of Jingmi (Oryza Sativa Germ), one handful of Congbai (Allium Fistulosum White Part), 1-2 cun of Gancao (Radix Glycyrrhizae), 2 he of Chi (Fermented Soybeans), one sheng of water, decoct until half sheng remains, take in one dose.

Xiao Zhili Wan (Small Zhili Pill) Treats hundred diseases, dysentery, and typhoid fever with body heat, headache, red eyes, limb pain unresolved, dysentery with heat, or after medical vomiting/purging, internal deficiency heat, irritability desiring cold, indigestion, acute abdominal pain, vomiting warm food, alternating hot and cold, resembling epidemic malaria, or difficult urination, abdominal fullness, vomiting, incessant dysentery.
Shuizhong Zhili (Schizonepeta? Note: Text likely refers to a specific mineral/herb preparation, literally "Waterborne Zhili") (5 liang) Houpo (Cortex Magnoliae Officinalis, 1 liang) Hanzhong Mujingji (Stephaniae Henomanis Radix, 6 liang) Huanglian (Radix Scutellariae, 2 liang) Longxi Danggui (Radix Angelicae Sinensis, 4 liang) Zhi Shiyin (Fluorite, 3 liang) Sui Chun Kujiu (Three-year-old sour wine/vinegar, 5 sheng) Shanghao Chi (Superior Fermented Soybeans, 3 sheng) Take all authentic and fresh. Soak Mujingji in two sheng of vinegar until thoroughly moistened, remove. Keep vinegar aside. Slice Mujingji thinly with sharp knife, ensure uniform thickness. Place on tile over charcoal fire, cover tile with thick paper. Lay Mujingji on paper, flip repeatedly until dry and brown. Return to remaining vinegar, repeat drying process until vinegar is exhausted. Do not use strong fire; slowly dry thoroughly. Grind and sieve separately, then mix and pound 1000 times. Soak Chi in remaining three sheng of vinegar overnight. Next morning, place in clay pot, cover with another pot, steam for five sheng duration, ensuring heat circulation. Remove, grind Chi in pot, squeeze thick juice through new cloth, like jujube paste. Mix with medicine, pound 3000 times, make pills size of water caltrop. Divide into several bags, hang to dry in shade. Store in box sealed with wax and honey, keep away from dust. Three pills constitute one dose. Take one dose at dawn with well water, one at noon, one at dusk, all with water. Initially eat little, take medicine before meals. If digestion is smooth and abdomen harmonious, take once daily. If cured, take every 2-3 days, adjust as needed. If disease is severe and drug power hasn't acted, increase dose, up to 4-5 doses daily. If diarrhea persists, increase further to ensure drug power in abdomen and digestion. This is the effect. If newly taken medicine causes discomfort, assist with water meal to boost power. Once clear, can make soup, but eat cold. If preferring not to eat cold, drug power has exhausted, resume medicine. After one night, desire for cold returns. If stopping medicine, eat slightly warm food, drug power will exhaust naturally. Do not force drinking water, adjust to body constitution. For chronic deficiency, avoid hot food, raw meat/fish/garlic, raw vegetables/alcohol, as alcohol activates drug power causing irritability. Also avoid fishy items and hard-to-digest fatty foods. If wind disease, add Fangfeng (Radix Saposhnikoviae) 1 liang. If person is deficient, add Shihu (Dendrobii Caulis) 1 liang. If chronic dysentery with damaged Spleen-Stomach, add Taiyi Yuliang (Kaolinite) 2.5 liang, take soft yellow stone part. If postpartum disease in women, add Liuhuang (Sulfur) 2 liang. If yellow-red difficult urination, add Puhuang (Pollinis Typhae) 1 liang. Adjust according to formula, no failure expected. Hu Qia said: Old Five Stones formula includes Chishizhi, Baixingying, Zhongru, Fanshi, and Yuyuliangshi, 4 liang each, usually combined with two eyes. Bozhai Bian records: Yao... sitting by the palace monitor, mother suffered dysentery, drugs failed. Li Ang divined Zhen Ge had spirit grass words. One day audience, Emperor surprised by pale face, reported truth. Edict granted a powder, cured after few doses. Later learned it was just Chun Jiazi (Toona sinensis seed pod) powder. I checked Bencao, Chun Jiazi treats lower bowel bleeding. Now common everywhere, produces pods in summer. Tree with flowers has no pods, tree with pods has no flowers. Commonly seen on Chu tree. Secular world doesn't distinguish Chun and Chu, so commonly call it Chun Jiazi, actually it is Chu Jia. Note says Chu bark treats recurrent dysentery. Ri Hua Zi says Chu bark is warm, non-toxic, stops diarrhea and foot wind, use honey-fried in medicine. Yaoxing Lun says Chu Baipi nature is slightly warm, non-toxic, treats red-white dysentery, slippery intestines, hemorrhoids, continuous bloody diarrhea, white or bloody loose stools.

Zhi Daren Danli (Treat Adult Dan Dysentery) (from *Bencao*)
Use Hong Shukui Ye (Malva verticillata leaves), crush and take juice. If fearing abdominal pain, drink warm.

Baimagu (White Horse Bone) (from *Bencao*) Treats water dysentery.
Decoct stem and leaf of Baimagu, take juice.

Zhu Shuili Buwen Leng Re (Main Water Dysentery Regardless of Cold/Heat) (from *Bencao*)
Take Songyang Pi (Songyang Bark), decoct thick until black, take one cup cold, cured.

Zhi Shuili (Treat Water Dysentery) (from *Bencao*)
Zhi Shuili Hou Ke Bu Zhi (Treat Thirst Unceasing After Water Dysentery) (from *Bencao*)
Take Chigua Shi Zhi (Red Melon Fruit Juice).

Zhi Shuili (Treat Water Dysentery) (from *Bencao*)
Decoct ... Grass, take juice and raw juice.

Se Fu Zhi Xie (Astringe Abdomen Stop Diarrhea) (from *Bencao*)
Boil and eat Xiangdouzi (Acorn Cup). Can also stop diarrhea.

Zhu Shuili (Main Water Dysentery) (from *Bencao*)
Eat Tanzi (Probe/Termite?) raw.