The following table summarizes conditions that can be indicated by stool color:
| Stool color | Association |
| Green | Bile or chlorophyll |
| Red | Blood or beets, aspirin, red meat, or has increased intake of vitamin C. |
| Bright red | Rectum. |
| Dark red | Stomach ulcer. |
| Bloody diarrhea | Ulcerative colitis. |
| Yellow | Liver fire (Rhubarb, Yellow Dock). |
| Black | Blood or iron/magnesium. See the doctor. |
| Yellow/white clay colored | Liver or gallbladder (Kelp, Oregon Grape root). Clay color – deficiency. Yellow – excess. |
| White clay | Gallbladder deficiency (Celandine tincture, one drop, twice a week, in water) |
| White greasy | Celiac disease, a response to gluten. |
