The Chinese herb Di Yu is distributed in Heilongjiang, Liaoning, Hebei, Shanxi, Gansu, and other places. It has the functions of cooling blood, stopping bleeding, detoxifying, and healing wounds. Let's take a look at the introduction of Di Yu below!
Di Yu
Effects and Functions of Di Yu
Effects: Cooling blood, stopping bleeding, detoxifying, healing wounds.
Indications: Used for rectal bleeding, hemorrhoids bleeding, dysentery with blood, excessive uterine bleeding, scalds, carbuncles, and toxic sores.
Dosage and Administration of Di Yu
Oral administration: Decoction, 6-15g; fresh herb, 30-120g; or made into pills or powder, can also be juiced for oral administration.
External use: Apply an appropriate amount of decoction or mashed juice externally; can also be ground into powder or mashed for external application.
Di Yu Pictures
Di Yu Pictures
Di Yu Contraindications
1. Not suitable for those with deficient cold constitution
This herb has a cold and astringent nature, so it should be used with caution in cases of deficiency-cold type bleeding or stagnation.
2. Patients with extensive burns
For patients with extensive burns, it is not advisable to use Di Yu preparations externally to prevent the large amount of tannins contained in it from being absorbed and causing toxic hepatitis.
