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What to do about bloody diarrhea in dogs? It can be treated with Pulsatilla decoction combined with Licorice and Donkey-Hide Gelatin

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Bloody diarrhea in dogs is one of the most common canine diseases in clinical practice. The disease develops extremely rapidly, and treatment with antibiotics yields little or no effect, with a mostly poor prognosis. Pulsatilla decoction plus Licorice and Donkey-Hide Gelatin decoction is a representative formula in human clinical medicine for treating blood deficiency and prolonged diarrhea damaging yin, originating from the Jin Gui Yao Lue (Synopsis of the Golden Chamber). 1. Clinical symptoms: sudden onset, listlessness, fever, thirst with excessive drinking, little or no eating, dry nose, vomiting, diarrhea with pus and blood that is often bright red or purplish red, along with tenesmus, weakened or faint bowel sounds, a crimson tongue body, yellow coating, and a slippery or wiry rapid pulse

Bloody diarrhea in dogs is one of the most common canine diseases in clinical practice. The disease develops extremely rapidly, and treatment with antibiotics yields little or no effect, with a mostly poor prognosis. Pulsatilla decoction plus Licorice and Donkey-Hide Gelatin decoction is a representative formula in human clinical medicine for treating blood deficiency and prolonged diarrhea damaging yin, originating from the Jin Gui Yao Lue (Synopsis of the Golden Chamber).

1. Clinical symptoms

Sudden onset, listlessness, fever, thirst with excessive drinking, little or no eating, dry nose, vomiting, diarrhea with pus and blood that is often bright red or purplish red, along with tenesmus, weakened or faint bowel sounds, a crimson tongue body, yellow coating, and a slippery or wiry rapid pulse.

2. Formula composition

Pulsatilla combined with Licorice and Donkey-Hide Gelatin decoction: Pulsatilla root (Baitouweng) 15 grams, Licorice 6 grams, Donkey-Hide Gelatin 9 grams, Qinpi (Fraxinus bark) 12 grams, Coptis (Huanglian) 6 grams, Phellodendron (Huangbai) 12 grams. Decoct twice with water, filter and take 500-600 milliliters of the liquid, and administer by oral drenching in 2 divided doses in the morning and afternoon. For those with heavy blood in the stool, add Dahuang Tan (charred Rhubarb) and Xianhecao (Agrimony); for obvious tenesmus, add Danpi (Tree Peony bark); for complete loss of appetite, add Shanyao (Chinese Yam); for stool that is blood-water-like, add Wumei (Dark Plum) and Hezi (Chebulic Myrobalan).

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