Loose, Bloody Stools, Ⅱ
Before we look at the possible causes of the disharmony combination of blood in the stools and loose stools, let us first examine what Chinese Medicine Patterns and which Organ Systems may be present with just loose stools, alone. Loose stools are a much more common disharmony which can help to give us a broader view of elimination/fluid mismatch problems.
Fluid regulation on its own is a major cornerstone of Chinese Herbal Medicine. The correct breakdown and dissemination of ingested fluids is essential to life. What if you drank a glass of water and it just passed directly through you without a single metabolic absorption interaction? Now think of how many of these transport and transformation interactions must be happening for normal homeostasis (simpler word?) to occur.
What if some of these interactions were working at a lower than normal or even at a minimalistic rate? This may show in many disharmonious aspects of your biology including, often times, loose stools. The chronic loss of fluids through your elimination system can be life threatening, as such is the case with the plague cholera. For some, let’s say the elderly or chronically debilitated, even a small amount of fluid loss can be life threatening.