Coptis (de-reeded, fibrous) 600 gm (stir-fried with 300 gm Evodia until red, then remove Evodia) Costus root (indirect heat) 146 gm

bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage

Grind the above ingredients into a fine powder, mix with vinegar, and form into pills the size of a phoenix tree seed. Take 20 pills each time, swallowed with rice water.

bubble_chart Efficacy

Clearing the intestines, drying dampness, moving qi, and stopping dysentery.

bubble_chart Indications

Imbalance of cold and heat in the stomach and intestines, diarrhea with thirst, undigested food, abdominal distension and fullness with borborygmus, chest and diaphragm stuffiness and oppression, hypochondriac region distension and fullness; or dysentery with pus and blood, tenesmus, loss of appetite; or difficulty in urination, physical fatigue, and gradual emaciation.