Materia Medica Data
- Category
- Herbs that Drain Fire
- Temperature
- Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Spicy, Salty, Cold
- Channels Entered
- HT, ST, KI
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Calcitum
- Chinese
- 寒水石
- Tone Marks
- hán shuĭ shí
- Translation
- Cold Water Stone
Chinese Herb Actions
- Drains Heat and Fire For febrile diseases with thirst, fever, and a yellow tongue coating. Also for Summerheat with the above symptoms.
- Used for Burns and Sores For ulcers in the mouth, to relieve sore throat or swollen tonsils, and used topically for burns and scalds.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 9-30 grams.
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Caution in cases without true heat, or in cases of cold from deficiency of the spleen and stomach.
Sources & References
Compiled and edited by Thomas Dehli, Founder & Editor, Sacred Lotus
The information here is referenced from numerous sources — teachers, practitioners, class notes from Five Branches University, the books below, and the published research literature, with citations given as resolvable PubMed identifiers. Where sources disagree, I have flagged the discrepancies directly. If facts couldn't be verified, I have left them out. How we source our content.
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Chinese Herbs Books & References
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