Food damage diarrhea

Also food diarrhea. Diarrhea due to food damage, i.e., food poisoning, excessive consumption of alcohol or fatty and spicy foods, or ingestion of food that is too hot or too cold in temperature, or by voracious eating. Food damage diarrhea includes some forms of stomach, large intestine, and small intestine diarrhea. It is not clearly distinguished from spleen diarrhea in the case of diarrhea caused by fatty foods. Diarrhea due to excesses in respect to general dietary norms is classed as food damage diarrhea; if due to organ diseases, e.g., vacuity or dampness, it is classed as spleen diarrhea. See also diarrhea.

Medicinal therapy: Disperse food and harmonize the stomach with Harmony-Preserving Pill (保和丸 bǎo hé wán). For vacuity, use variations of Center-Ordering Decoction (治中汤 zhì zhōng tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV and ST. Select CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), CV-10 (Lower Stomach Duct, 下脘 xià wǎn), BL-20 (Spleen Transport, 脾俞 pí shù), ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), PC-6 (Inner Pass, 内关 nèi guān), and Lǐ Inner Court (里内庭 lǐ nèi tíng); needle with drainage. For vacuity, add moxa.