Question
A four-month-old baby has been experiencing diarrhea for five consecutive days. The baby had a fever of 38.5 degrees Celsius before, and the diarrhea continued even after the fever subsided. The main excrement is watery. Previous treatments have been ineffective, and the family hopes to understand how to stop the diarrhea.
Answer
The treatment involves using myrrh, mixing it with bean flour to form a paste, and wrapping it around the myrrh, then roasting it until slightly charred on the surface. For children over three years old, it can be taken in three doses; for two-year-olds, in four doses; and for children under one year old, in six doses. It should be taken twice a day, in the morning and evening. Myrrh is pungent and warm in nature, and it can stop diarrhea while warming the middle burner, showing significant effects on various types of diarrhea, especially chronic diarrhea due to deficiency and coldness or five-o’clock diarrhea.