Traditional Chinese Medicine/Shi Gao

Name Means:
 * Shi-Stone
 * Gao-Paste

English Name:
 * Gypsum

Chinese Name:
 * 石膏 (Pinyin:shí gāo)

Latin Name:
 * Gypsum Fibrosum

Taste & Temperature:
 * ../Gan-Sweet/
 * ../Xin-Spicy/
 * very ../Han-Cold/

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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 * ../Qing Re Hie Hu/
 * ../TCM Materia Medica/