Botanical Name: Talcum
Category: Drain Dampness
Taste: Sweet, Bland
Temperature: Cold
Channels Entered: Stomach, Bladder
Dosage: 9-15g
Cautions & Contraindications:
- May increase granulomas in the intestines.
- There are some purity issues with this herb. From some sources it may contain asbestos.
Actions & Indications:
- Clears heat and facilitates the resolution of dampness: an important substance in treating hot painful urinary dribbling or any condition with dark, painful, burning, and scanty urine. Also used for damp-heat generated diarrhea. Because it expels damp-heat through urine, it is used adjunctively for heat in the qi level with dampness manifested in unremitting fevers, a heavy feeling in the body, thirst, and a yellow tongue coating.
- Clears summerheat and facilitates the resolution of dampness: for summerheat disorder with fever, urinary difficulty, irritability, and thirst.
- Absorbs dampness: applied topically for damp skin lesions including eczema, damp sores, and prickly heat.
