Category
Clear Heat
Pin Yin
Latin Name
Gypsum Fibrosum
English Name
Dosage
15-60g
Entering Channels
LU
Flavor
acrid
Temperature
very cold
Pregnancy
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Chinese Herbal Formulas (Comprehensive List)
Individual Essential Oils
Kampo Name
Kampo Number
Kanji
Katakana
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Key Characteristics:
Cautions & Contraindications:
- Contraindicated in cases of cold from deficiency of the Spleen and Stomach.
- Contraindicated in cases of fever from yin deficiency.
Actions & Indications:
- Clears heat and drains fire: for high fever without chills, irritability, intense thirst, profuse sweating, a flooding, big pulse, and a red tongue with yellow coating. This condition is one of excess in the qi level or yang ming.
- Clears heat from excess from the Lungs: for cough and wheezing with fever and thick, viscous sputum.
- Clears blazing Stomach fire: for headache, toothache, or swollen and painful gums due to Stomach fire.
- For eczema, burns, and ulcerated sores: usually applied topically in powdered form after being calcined and mixed with other herbs. May also be taken internally for these conditions.
