Human Urine

Alternative Names: Sou, Xiao Bian, Human Excretion, Wheel Wine, Restoration Tea.

Flavor and Nature: Salty and cold.

Meridian Affiliations: Heart, Lung, Bladder, Kidney meridians.

Medicinal Part: Middle segment of the urine, excluding beginning and end portions.

How to Use Human Urine

Method: Drink fresh and warm, 30-50ml; or mix in herbal concoctions.

Benefits and Treatment Uses of Human Urine

Benefits: Nourishes Yin, reduces internal heat, stops bleeding, and helps disperse clots.

Treatment Uses: Effective for fatigue-related coughing with blood, bone heat, vomiting blood, nosebleeds, postpartum blood dizziness, injuries, and pain due to blood stasis.

Combinations with Human Urine

1. Treat bone heat: Utilize five liters of a three-year-old child's urine, boil down to one liter, and mix with three spoons of honey. Consume two bowls every half day. (Meng Shen's Effective Formula)

2. Treat lung soreness and fever, red cheeks, shortness of breath: Child's urine, nightly collection, excluding beginning and end segments, five halves of urine, soak a quality licorice pendant-length piece, split into four parts, grill until warm, soak overnight in the urine, remove licorice in the morning, consume immediately, once daily. Avoid spicy ingredients and seaweeds. (Yao Sengyuan's Collection of Proven Remedies)

3. Treat vomiting and nosebleeds: Blend urine with ginger juice to an even consistency, consume one liter. (Ri Hua Zi)

4. Treat bleeding gums: Warm child's urine, hold it until bleeding stops. (Sheng Hui Fang)

Safety Note

Human urine is not suitable for individuals with cold spleen and stomach or those with yang deficiency and no internal heat.

Related Discussions

1. Compendium of Materia Medica: Urine is warm, aids the stomach, ascends to lungs with spleen energy, descends to bladder by old pathways, assisting in lung disease treatment.

2. Materia Medica Commentary: Excellent for labor heat bone fever, coughing blood, and postpartum dizziness. Salty and cold nature constrains void heat, preventing excess blood flow.

3. Original Materia Medica: Alleviates head pain by descending excess energy, encourages relaxation and relief.