Cheng Shi Bi Xie Fen Qing Yin程氏萆薢分清饮
Cheng's Dioscorea Drink to Separate the Clear
Ingredients8 herbs
Indications
Turbid urination from damp-heat pouring downward: damp-heat blocks the lower burner's separation of clear and turbid, and Heart fire descending to the Small Intestine keeps the process burning.
Clinical Manifestations
- Cloudy urine with a burning or scalding sensation
- Turbid urination with dark yellow urine
- Damp-heat turbid discharge with irritability
- Recurrent turbid urine after infection
- Cloudy urine with a yellow greasy tongue coating
Health Categories
Modern Applications
Common adjustments
- Heat is severe with burning urination — add Zhi Zi 栀子 and Deng Xin Cao 灯心草
- Blood appears in the urine — add Bai Mao Gen 白茅根 and Ou Jie 藕节
- Damp is heavier than heat — increase Fu Ling 茯苓 and add Yi Yi Ren 薏苡仁
- The condition is long-standing with deficiency — add Shan Yao 山药 and Qian Shi 芡实
Contraindications
Not for the cold, deficient turbidity that the parent formula treats — pale tongue, cold limbs, no burning — where these cooling herbs will deepen the cold. Cloudy urine, with or without burning, warrants a urine test and medical assessment: infection, chyluria, proteinuria and prostatic disease all present this way.
For licensed practitioners’ reference only — not a self-treatment guide.
Pregnancy
Use with caution in pregnancy — the formula is cooling and draining and contains Dan Shen, which moves the blood. Cloudy or burning urine in pregnancy needs a urine test first, since untreated infection carries real risk.
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References
Source Yi Xue Xin Wu 《医学心悟》 · Qing
- Classical source of record (public domain).
2. Scheid, Bensky, Ellis & Barolet. Chinese Herbal Medicine: Formulas & Strategies, 2nd ed. — composition & dosage cross-checked.
3. 《方剂学》（全国中医药行业高等教育规划教材）— 附方 note and pattern analysis cross-checked.
Professional reference notice. Entries are scholarly references for licensed TCM practitioners and students — not medical advice, and not a recommendation to self-prescribe. Chinese herbal formulas should be used under the guidance of a qualified practitioner. Content is an original editorial compilation by Cura x Cura, cross-checked against the cited references.