Shi Gao
| Shi Gao in TCM:Explore the properties of Shi Gao according to Chinese Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: gypsum
Pharmacuetical Name: Gypsum Fibrosum
Properties: acrid, sweet, very cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: LU, ST
Flavors: sweet, pungent
Special Properties: clears heat, resolves phlegm, stops bleeding, resolves dryness
Alternate Forms:
- duan - used topically
- sheng - used internally
Actions / Indications:
- Clears heat, drains fire (qi level or yangming meridian
heat unlike other heat clearing herbs shi gao generates body fluids,
red tongue with yellow coat, interior heat without chills, irritability;
indicated for 4 greats / 4 bigs: thirst, sweat, pulse, fever)
- Clears Excess heat from LU (relieve dyspnea or cough
and wheeze w/ thick yellow sputum; fever)
- Clears blazing ST fire (stomach channel heat; headache,
toothache, ulcers, red, swollen, painful gums, canker sores; acid reflux,
excessive appetite or vomiting due to ST heat; xiao ke)
- Heals sores; generates flesh (non-healing ulcers,
sores, burns, eczema: used topically to promote healing of sores by
reducing swelling and bleeding)
- (cc: weak ST or minute pulse)
- (cc: yang deficiency or heat from yin deficiency)
- (cooking: crush and cook 20-30 minutes first)
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