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Gypsum
(shi gao)
Gypsum
Fibrosum
Properties:
Pungent
and sweet in flavour, cold in nature, it acts on the lung
and stomach channels. The cold property of the drug clears
away the heat, the pungent flavour expels the heat and
sweet flavour promotes the production of the body fluid.
The drug is good at clearing away the intense heat in the
Qi system and excessive fire of lung and stomach, hence
relieving restlessness and quenching thirst. Therefore, it
is one of the important drugs for treating the syndromes
of excessive heat in the Qi system, cough and asthma
caused by intense heat and excess of stomach fire. The
property of the drug became astringent after calcined and
the calcined gypsum can promote regeneration of the tissue
and wound healing.
Effects: Clearing
away heat and fire, relieving restlessness and thirst,
promoting the regeneration of the tissue and wound
healing.
Indications:
1.
For treating febrile diseases caused by exogenous
pathogens in the Qi system, shown as high fever, dysphoria,
profuse sweating, thirst and full pulse, it is often used
in combination with anemarrhena rhizome as Baihu Tang
(White Tiger Decoction), to clear the excessive heat in
the Qi system and relieve restlessness and thirst. If the
intense heat in both Qi and blood system, shown as high
fever and skin rash, rhinoceros horn and rehmannia root
are used together
with gypsum, known as Huaban Tang (Decoction for relieving
Feverish Rash), to clear away the heat in both the Qi and
blood system, cool blood and eliminate skin rash.
2.
For treating pathogenic heat stagnated in the lung,
shown as obstruction of the lung-qi, high fever, asthma,
it is used in combination with ephedra and apricot kernel
known as Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang (Decoction of Ephedra,
Apricot kernel, Gypsum and Liquorice) to clear away the
lung-heat and promote the dispersing function of the lung.
For treating swollen pharynx and larynx, canker sore, toothache and headache
due to the rising up of the stomach-fire, anemarrhena
fruit, coptis root and cimicifuga are used in combination
with gypsum to purge fire and detoxicate the toxins.
3.For treationg chronic ulcer, eczema, burns and
scalds, gypsum is calcined and ground into fine powder for
external application because it has the functions of
clearing away fire, promoting tissue regeneration and
wound healing.
Dosage
and Administration: 15-60g.
For clearing away heat and fire, it should be taken orally
unprepared, decocted in water prior to other drugs.
Calcined gypsum is only for external use.
Precautions:
Gypsum is contraindicated
for cold syndrome of deficiency type in the spleen and
stomach (middle-jiao).
Air ship 500 grams (about 1.1 pound)
of Gypsum
(shi gao) for your personnel use now for US$20.41.
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