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Pin Yin: hua shi
Common name: talcum
Botanical family: (mineral)
Primary action: Drain Dampness, Promote Urination
Secondary actions:
Clear Heat, Dry Dampness;
Clear Summer Heat
Temperature: cold
Taste: sweet, bland
Entering Channel: St, UB
Actions:
Promotes urination and drains Heat from the Bladder.
Also used to relieve Damp Heat diarrhea.
Relieves Summer Heat, with symptoms of heat effusion (fever), difficult urination, thirst and vexation.
Clears Damp Heat from the Qi stage by draining it via the urine.
(See
Damp Heat of Bladder;
Large Intestine Damp Heat;
Summer Heat Dampness ;
Lurking Summer Heat ;
Qi Aspect Damp Stagnation of Three Burners
.)
Indications: inhibited, dribbling, painful urination, vexation,
thrist, eczema
Dosage:
3-6 qian.
Toxicity:
Avoid use. Talcum usually contains small amounts of naturally occurring
asbestos filaments. Care must be exercised in preparation to prevent these
fibrous filaments from getting into the decoction. Talcum has been known
to induce the growth of intestinal and vaginal granulomas.
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