Human Hair Carbon – 1 lb (454 g)

Human Hair Carbon, known in Chinese as 血余炭 (Xuèyútàn) and scientifically as Crinis Carbonisatus, is a valued herb in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). This TCM herb has been traditionally used to support natural wellness, maintain vitality, and encourage holistic balance. At TCMforyou.com, we provide premium-quality Human Hair Carbon carefully sourced to preserve its therapeutic properties.

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[Overview] This product is also known as Luanfan, Fahui, Xueyutan, and Renfahui. It is a carbonized substance made from the hair of healthy humans. The hair is collected, impurities removed, washed with dilute alkaline water to remove oils, rinsed ten times with clean water, dried in the sun, then sealed and calcined into charcoal, and cooled.

[Properties] Bitter in taste, neutral in nature. Enters the Liver and Stomach meridians.

[Actions] Stops bleeding, disperses blood stasis, promotes urination, and generates flesh.

[Applications]
1. Used for various bleeding syndromes. For treating hematemesis caused by heat forcing blood circulation, it is often combined with lotus root juice, Rehmannia juice, Bletilla (Bai Ji), etc.; for bleeding due to blood stasis obstructing the meridians, it is commonly used with Panax notoginseng (San Qi), rhubarb (Da Huang), madder root (Qian Cao), etc. For epistaxis, it is usually ground into a fine powder and insufflated into the nose; if epistaxis is due to deficiency cold, it can be combined with cinnamon bark (Gui Xin) and processed ginger (Pao Jiang). For hematuria, it can be combined with Imperata cylindrica root (Bai Mao Gen), Plantago seed (Che Qian Zi), and Platycladus leaf (Ce Bai Ye). For hematochezia and dysentery with blood, it is often combined with Sanguisorba (Di Yu), Sophora flower (Huai Hua), and Schizonepeta carbonized (Jing Jie Tan). For uterine bleeding, it is often combined with donkey-hide gelatin (E Jiao), palm charcoal (Zong Lu Tan), and Scutellaria baicalensis charcoal (Huang Qin Tan). Externally, it is also effective for stopping bleeding; besides nasal bleeding, it can be applied topically to bleeding on the tongue, gums, muscle contusions, and wounds by sprinkling the powder on the affected area.
2. Used for urinary difficulty, bloody stranguria, and obstructive jaundice due to blood stasis. For urinary difficulty, it is often combined with talc (Hua Shi) and fish (Bai Yu) in formulas such as Hua Shi Bai Yu San; for bloody stranguria with painful, reddish urine, it is combined with small thistle (Xiao Ji), Typha pollen (Pu Huang), raw Rehmannia (Sheng Di Huang), and Lophatherum (Dan Zhu Ye); for obstructive jaundice due to blood stasis, it can be decocted with pig fat (Zhu You) as in Zhu Gao Fa Jian.
3. Used for various ulcer and sore conditions, especially suitable for ulcer erosion and difficult-to-heal sores. It is often made into an ointment with this product, sesame oil, and paraffin for external application; for chronic sores that do not heal, it can be combined with dried bee nest (Lu Feng Fang) and snake slough ash mixed with preserved alcohol. In modern times, it has been used as a powder with realgar (Xiong Huang) mixed with sesame oil for topical application to treat herpes zoster; mixed with petroleum jelly and the powder, it can be applied to treat burns.

[Dosage and Administration] Internal use: decoction, 4.5–9 g; or incorporated into pills or powders. External use: appropriate amount, ground into powder and sprinkled dry, insufflated into the nose, or mixed with sesame oil ointment for topical application.

[Cautions] Not suitable for those with weak stomach qi deficiency. To stop bleeding, it must be stir-fried into charcoal form.

[Modern Research]
1. Chemical constituents: The main component is a type of keratin. Contains 12%–15% moisture, 0.3% ash, 3.4%–5.8% fat, and 5.00% sulfur. Also contains melanin. The ash contains calcium, sodium, potassium, zinc, copper, iron, manganese, arsenic, etc.
2. Pharmacology: Decoction of Xueyutan significantly shortens coagulation time, bleeding time, and bleeding volume in mice; crude crystals inhibit xylene-induced auricular inflammation in mice; decoction shows strong activity against Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhi, Salmonella paratyphi A, and Shigella flexneri.
3. Clinical reports:
1) Bleeding from ulcers: According to a ratio of Xueyutan 2 parts, Bletilla (Bai Ji) 3 parts, and Panax notoginseng (San Qi) 2.5 parts, all finely powdered and passed through a 100-mesh sieve to prepare Bai Ji San for bottle packaging. Oral dose: 4 g each time, 1 dose every 3–8 hours depending on severity, generally 3–4 doses daily. Treated 34 cases of gastric and duodenal ulcer bleeding with 33 markedly effective and 1 effective, total effective rate 100%. [Hunan Medical Journal, 1979,(2):20]
2) Pain syndromes: Human hair 10–15 kg, pig fat 0.5 kg, calcined in an open pan until hair melts and solidifies into a block, then crushed, decocted with water, filtered and concentrated to prepare Xueyu gelatin, encapsulated (each capsule contains 1 g Xueyu gelatin). Oral administration 3 times daily, adults 6–8 capsules each time, children 3–4 capsules. One course lasts 5–7 days with 3–5 days interval between courses. Treated 8 cases of epigastric pain with 5 cured and 3 markedly effective; 6 cases of abdominal pain with 4 markedly effective and 2 effective; 10 cases of toothache and abscess with all markedly effective; also treated 4 cases of leucorrhea with 3 markedly effective and 1 effective; 2 cases of purulent otitis with both markedly effective. [Yunnan Journal of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1984,5(1):40]
3) Pigmented nevi: Prepared a paste with Xueyutan, calamine (Lu Gan Shi), rice, and sodium hydroxide. Applied directly to the nevus surface with a bamboo stick. After drying for 5–10 minutes, repeated 2–3 times until obvious edematous ulcerative white ring appeared around the lesion, then stopped application. Treated 100 cases with 216 nevi, all fell off, cure rate 100%. [Tianjin Traditional Chinese Medicine, 1989,(4):13]
4) Postpartum urinary retention: Xueyutan 10 g, washed with clean water, dried in sun, stir-fried in a new clay pot until carbonized but preserved, cooled and ground into fine powder, taken once with boiled water. Treated 15 cases, 14 cured after one dose, 1 cured after two doses, cure rate 100%. [Journal of Integrated Traditional and Western Medicine, 1989,9(8):497]