Cold diarrhea

Diarrhea with clear watery stool, or stool like duck slop (droppings), or sometimes with nontransformation of grain and water (undigested food is seen in the stool). Plain Questions (素问 sù wèn) Any disease with watery humors that are clear, pure, and cold is ascribed to cold. Hence, watery stool is understood to be a cold sign. There is abdominal pain relieved by both pressure and heat, lack of warmth in the extremities, and a drop in body temperature. The tongue fur is white, and the pulse is either stringlike and tight or sunken and slow. Cold diarrhea is often accompanied by signs of dampness.

Medicinal therapy: Use formulas like Aconite Center-Rectifying Decoction (附子理中汤 fù zǐ lǐ zhōng tāng).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on CV and ST. Select CV-12 (Center Stomach Duct, 中脘 zhōng wǎn), LR-13 (Camphorwood Gate, 章门 zhāng mén), ST-25 (Celestial Pivot, 天枢 tiān shū), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), CV-4 (Pass Head, 关元 guān yuán), CV-3 (Central Pole, 中极 zhōng jí), ST-21 (Beam Gate, 梁门 liáng mén), and CV-6 (Sea of Qì, 气海 qì hǎi). Needle with supplementation and use large amounts of moxa. Use cross moxa (十字灸 shí zì jiǔ).