Sundance Acupuncture

Herb & Acupuncture Database

(This is my own personal database of teachers, teachings and notes that I use in my practice. I’ve decided to share it freely with anyone who would like to reference it.)

Ren Zhong Bai - 人中白 = Depositum Urinae Hominis

Pharmaceutical Latin: Depositum Urinae Hominis
Common English: Human Urine Sediment

Category

Herbs that Clear Heat and Purge Fire

Properties

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Salty Cool
Cold
Lung
Heart
Bladder
San Jiao
3-6g

Actions And Indications

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat, reduces pathogenic Fire and resolves Blood Stagnation

Hematemesis, nose bleeding, noma, pharyngitis, pulmonary asthenia, aphthae, consumptive fever, sore throat, mouth and gum ulcers, gingivitis, headaches

Fever due to over work

Contraindications, Incompatibilities And Herb/Drug Interactions

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with Spleen and Stomach Deficiency Cold.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Major Combinations

Moschus
She Xiang

Pheretima
Di Long

Epistaxis.

Frontal headache.

Notes

  1. Many conditions marked by Heat in the Upper, Middle and Lower Jiaos. are treated with this substance.
  2. On its own, it is used for edema.

For educational reference only; not a substitute for care from a qualified practitioner.