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Han Shui Shi
寒水石
hán shuǐ shí
, "cold water stone"
Category:
Clear Heat
Clear Heat and Drain Fire
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Tastes:
Acrid
,
Salty
Dosage:
10-15g
Cautions:
Contraindicated in those with Cold from Deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach
Meridians:
Heart
,
Kidney
,
Stomach
Preparation:
• Red gypsum (northern) • Calcite (southern)
Quality:
Good quality - yellowish white or white with a smooth surface; if dipped in hydrochloric acid, bubbles of carbon dioxide will vigorously develop. No foreign mineral matter should be present.
Reference Source:
Chinese Herbal Medicine: Materia Medica (3rd edition) ('Bensky')
Notes:
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Formulas
(2)
guì líng gān lù yǐn (Cinnamon and Poria Sweet Dew Decoction)
zǐ xuě dān (Purple Snow Special Pill)
Family:
Mineral
Alternate Names:
Pharmaceutical:
Glauberitum
Botanical:
Calcite
Japanese:
kansuiseki
Korean:
hansuseok
Common:
calcitum
Temperature:
Cold
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Mellissa Rudder
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Clears heat and Drains fire
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Burns and sores
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Mellissa Rudder
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High fever
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Irritability
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Mellissa Rudder
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Thirst from heat in the qi level
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Mellissa Rudder
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Especially useful for warm pathogen diseases that occur in the summer
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Mellissa Rudder
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Burns (topical)
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Sore throat
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Oral ulcers
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