Di Yu is distributed in Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu, and other places. It has the effects of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, detoxifying, and healing wounds. Di Yu is cold and astringent in nature, so it should be used with caution in cases of deficiency cold or stagnation. It is not suitable to use Di Yu preparations externally on patients with large-area burns to prevent the absorption of tannins and the occurrence of toxic hepatitis.
Di Yu
Effects of Di Yu
Effects: Cooling blood, stopping bleeding, detoxifying, healing wounds.
Indications: Used for hematochezia, hemorrhoids bleeding, bloody dysentery, menorrhagia, burns, abscesses, and toxin.
Dosage and Administration of Di Yu
Oral administration: Decoction, 6-15g; Fresh herb, 30-120g; or pills and powders, can also be juiced for oral administration.
External use: Appropriate amount, decocted water or juice for external application; can also be ground into powder or mashed for external use.
Applications of Di Yu in Combinations
1. Hematemesis in both men and women
Di Yu, three liang. Rice vinegar, one liter, boil for more than ten times, remove the dregs, slightly warm before meals, take one he (Chinese unit of volume equal to 10g). (From "Sheng Hui Fang")
2. Rectal bleeding, persistent abdominal pain
Di Yu, four liang. Zhi Gan Cao (honey-fried licorice), three liang. Take five qian (Chinese unit of weight equal to 3.75g) each time, three cups of water, add seven Mei Sha Ren (Chinese herb), boil for one and a half cups, divide into two doses. (From "Xuan Ming Fang")
3. Infantile malnutrition diarrhea
Cook Di Yu into juice, boil it like maltose, and take it. (From "Zhou Hou Fang")
4. Snakebite
Mash fresh Di Yu root into juice and drink it, and also apply it to the wound. (From "Zhou Hou Fang")
5. Tiger or dog bite
Cook Di Yu into juice and drink it, and apply it as powder. Can also be made into powder, take it with plain soup, three times a day. Avoid alcohol. (From "Mei Shi Fang")
