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Di Yu Dan,For children with “gu” dysentery: toxins accumulate in the intestines, causing bloody stools resembling soybean juice or the expulsion of various foul substances.

Formulas Name : Di Yu Dan

Chinese Name : 地榆丹

Drug Formulation

Di Yu (roasted, coarsely chopped) 1 fen, Huang Lian 1 fen, dried indigo leaves 1 fen, Sichuan Shengma 1 liang, Sichuan Lianzi half a liang,苦楝根 half a liang.

Source

Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 29 of *The New Book on the Care of Infants*.

Processing

Grind the ingredients into a fine powder and form into pills the size of millet grains using soft rice.

Benefits

For children with “gu” dysentery: toxins accumulate in the intestines, causing bloody stools resembling soybean juice or the expulsion of various foul substances.

Instructions for Use

Take 10 pills per dose, washed down with rice water before breastfeeding or feeding.

Di Yu Dan，Formula by Zhang Huan, cited in Volume 29 of *The New Book on the Care of Infants*.，For children with “gu” dysentery: toxins accumulate in the intestines, causing bloody stools resembling soybean juice or the expulsion of various foul substances.

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Terminology Proofreading: [Cheng Bo] | August 24, 2026
Reviewed by: [Wang Zhongxiang, Associate Chief TCM Physician (China)] | August 24, 2026

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