The invention provides a special formula for health care sand used for a homing pigeon. The special formula is characterized by comprising the following important compositional raw materials: 25% of shell powder, 25% of red soil, 28% of coarse river sand, 10% of slaked lime, 2% of salt, 2% of charcoal dust, 0.6% of rouge, 0.4% of gentian powder, 0.2% of licorice powder, 2% of gypsum powder, 0.5% of trace element, 0.3% of powder of common andrographis herb and 4% of bone meal. The health care sand is prepared by drying the coarse river sand under the blazing sun for three days and then sieving the coarse river sand with a medium coarse screen; drying the red soil under the blazing sun until the red soil is thoroughly dried and smashes, wherein deep red soil is selected; drying the slaked lime until the slaked lime smashes, wherein the more slaked the slaked lime is, the better; uniformly mixing the gentian powder, the licorice powder, the gypsum powder, the powder of common andrographis herb, the salt and a trace mineral element; and then uniformly mixing the mixture obtained in the previous step with the shell powder, the red soil, the coarse river sand, the slaked lime, the charcoal dust, the rouge and the bone meal so as to obtain the desired health care sand.