Di Yu Wan
StarSource: Pu Ji Fang — Teng Hong (Ming, early 15th century)
Last updated October 23, 2026
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Description
Di Yu Wan (Sanguisorba Pill), from Pu Ji Fang.
Actions: Clear heat, relieve toxins, regulate Ying, consolidate, and astringe.
Indications: Chronic dysenteric disorders damaging Ying and blood. Symptoms include chronic dysentery with blood or defecating bloody water, damaging Ying and blood, pale tongue, thin, yellow greasy tongue coating, and thin pulse.
Source: Liu C, Tseng A, with Yang S. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Modern Applications of Traditional Formulas. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2005, p. 146.
Composition
| Herb | Amount | % | Role | Function |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Di Yu
as printed: Di Yu 15 g
|
15g | 14.29% | — | |
|
Huang Lian
as printed: Huang Lian 15 g
|
15g | 14.29% | — | |
|
Dang Gui
as printed: Dang Gui 15 g
|
15g | 14.29% | — | |
|
E Jiao
as printed: E Jiao 15 g
|
15g | 14.29% | — | |
|
Mu Xiang
as printed: Mu Xiang 15 g
|
15g | 14.29% | — | |
|
He Zi
as printed: He Zi Rou 15 g
|
15g | 14.29% | — | |
|
Wu Mei
as printed: Wu Mei 15 g
|
15g | 14.29% | — |
Energetics dose-weighted
The formula's overall nature, taste balance and channel reach, weighted by each herb's dose. Classical formulas often pair warm and cool herbs on purpose, so a net figure summarises the mix — it doesn't describe every herb in it.
Nature
Net neutral (-0.14)
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Grams by band: cold 14%, cool 14%, neutral 43%, warm 29%.
Pairs warm and cool. 29% of the weighed grams are warm or hot and 29% cool or cold — the net is their average, not the whole story.
Taste
- pungent 14%
- sweet 21%
- sour 29%
- bitter 36%
From 100% of the weighed grams.
Channels reached
- Large intestine 71%
- Liver 71%
- Spleen 57%
- Lung 43%
- Stomach 43%
- Heart 29%
Share of the grams entering each channel, from 100% of the weighed grams.
Dose-weighted from each herb's recorded nature, taste and channels (missing values are left out, never counted as neutral). It describes the composition — it is not a recommendation.
Preparation
Taken as pills, 6 g each on an empty stomach.
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Formula family
Full equations
- This formula = Xiang Lian Wan + Dang Gui, Di Yu, E Jiao, He Zi and Wu Mei. Proportions not compared: the catalogue's Xiang Lian Wan has no gram dose for Huang Lian and Mu Xiang.
Each entry reads as the larger formula written out: “+” adds its other catalogue cores, then the herbs none of them hold. A catalogue formula counts as a core only when at least 80% of its herbs are present, no more than 1 is absent, and the absent herb is not its chief.
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