Traditional Chinese Medicine/Shi Gao
< Traditional Chinese MedicineName Means:
- Shi-Stone
- Gao-Paste
English Name:
- Gypsum
Chinese Name:
- 石膏 (Pinyin:shí gāo)
Latin Name:
- Gypsum Fibrosum[1]
Taste & Temperature:
Channels:
- Hand Tai Yin of Lung
- Foot Yang Ming of Stomach
Actions & Indications:
- Clear Heat & Purge Fire
- Big 4 symptoms of Qi level Heat (indicates invasion of Yang Ming):
- Big Fever
- Big Thirst (drink ice water)
- Big Sweating (Heat pushes sweat out)
- Big Pulse (very strong)
- clear Excess Lung Heat
- clear blazing Stomach Heat (for toothache)
- absorb exudation for eczema, burns, and ulcerated sores (calcined, topically)
Contraindications:
- Spleen/Stomach deficient Cold
- pulse is minute
- Yang deficiency
- Yin deficient Heat (b/c body weak)
Dosage:
- 3-10 qian (9-30 grams)
- up to 30 qian (90 grams)
Cooking:
- crush
- cook 30 minutes longer
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References
- ↑ Carl-Hermann Hempen, Toni Fischer. "Herbs that cool heat", A Materia Medica for Chinese Medicine (First Edition), 2009, Pages 110-263
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