WU MEI DING - Plum Tincture

Also known as: Wu Mei Ding, Plum Tincture.

Eight ingredients, alcohol based, no oil. Six botanicals in water and alcohol, and that is the whole formula.

Applied to areas where pigment has gone patchy. It dries fast and leaves nothing on the surface.

What's doing the work

• Wu Mei (Prunus mume, Japanese apricot) is the namesake and the lead. Sour and astringent, and the classical choice in this family of formulas.
• Bai Ji Li (Tribulus terrestris), the herb most associated with evening out patchy pigment in Chinese dermatology.
• Tu Si Zi (Cuscuta japonica, dodder seed), a kidney tonic used here topically.
• Xi Xian Cao (Sigesbeckia orientalis) and Bai Mao Gen (Imperata cylindrica).
• Cang Er Zi (Xanthium sibiricum) to open the surface and move things.

How to use

Apply 2 to 3 times a day to the area.

Pairs well with

Follow with an emollient once dry, since alcohol will dry the skin. Zi Cao Shui Gao works well over it.

Full ingredients

Alcohol, Aqua (Water), Prunus Mume (Mume) Fruit Extract, Cuscuta Japonica (Japanese Dodder) Seed Extract, Xanthium Sibiricum (Siberian Cocklebur) Extract, Tribulus Terrestris (Bindii) Fruit Extract, Sigesbeckia Orientalis (St Paul's Wort) Plant Extract, Imperata Cylindrica (Cogon Grass) Root Extract.

Ingredient list current as of publication. Check the panel on the item you receive.

Good to know

• 3.38 fl oz / 100g.
• Vegan.
• Alcohol based. It will sting on broken or scratched skin.
• Contains Xanthium sibiricum, which is toxic if swallowed. Keep it away from children and never take it internally.
• May contain traces of nuts or seeds.
• Best used under the guidance of a qualified Chinese herbalist.
• Patch test first. For external use only.

Dermatology M, formulated by Dr Mazin Al-Khafaji. Selected and reviewed by Dr. Stacee Munroe, OMD, L.Ac. Cosmetic use only. Not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.