Coptis (stir-fried) 300 gm, Rhubarb (wine-simmered) 120 gm, Costus root 60 gm, Areca nut 30 gm.

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above ingredients into powder and form into pills the size of mung beans. Take 70 pills each time, administered with rice soup before meals, twice a day.

bubble_chart Indications

At the onset of dysentery, whether it is red or white.

bubble_chart Formula Modification

For black-colored diarrhea, use a large amount of Rhubarb Rhizoma; for purple-colored diarrhea, add Sanguisorba; for red-colored diarrhea, add Skullcap Root; for pale-colored diarrhea, add Fresh Ginger Rhizome; for white-colored diarrhea, add Cassia Bark; for yellow-colored diarrhea, add hawthorn fruit; for watery diarrhea, add foxtail millet husk; for severe pain, use raw Aucklandia Root and add Gardenia. Each should be decocted and taken with the decoction.