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title: "Di Yu"
url: "https://books.drcassone.com/21/traditional-medicines-of-east-asia/462/di-yu"
---

 ![di yu, sanguisorbae radix.jpg](/u/di-yu-sanguisorbae-radix-6HWl0p.jpg) 

# Di Yu

### Sanguisorba Radix

_bitter, sour, slightly cold_

#### PRIMARY FUNCTION:

_**Stop Bleeding**_

CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Bleeding disorders
 - Hemafecia
 - Dysentery with blood
 - Bleeding hemorrhoids
 - Menometrorrhagia
 - Epistaxis
 - Hematemesis
- Skin disorders
 - Sores
 - Ulcers
 - Burns

Di Yu is bitter, sour, and slightly cold. It enters the large intestine,
liver, and stomach systems. Di Yu is especially useful in treating
bleeding disorders due to patterns caused by damp heat.

Di Yu is considered the number one herb for treating bleeding
hemorrhoids. Huai Mi also treats bleeding hemorrhoids.
Remember: Do you (Di Yu) have hemorrhoids? Why me (Huai Mi)?

**Channels:** liver, stomach, large intestine

COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL
POSSIBILITIES:
- Large intestine abscess
- Bleeding disorders
 - Stool
 - Hemorrhoids
 - Dysentery
 - Uterine
 - Nosebleed
 - Vomiting
- Gastritis
- Antimicrobial
- Hypertension

**Formulas:**
- Qing Re Gui Jing Tang

**Contraindications:** Prescribe Di Yu cautiously to patients
that present with deficiency cold patterns or stagnation of blood

**Zoo Image:** a black widow with a Damp Heat badge on its lower jiao is at a
Flesh Eater concert with a candle light

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