Materia Medica Data
- Temperature
- Cold
- Nature & Flavour
- Sweet, Bland, Cold
- Channels Entered
- ST, BL
- Latin (pharmaceutical)
- Talcum
- Chinese
- 滑石
- Tone Marks
- huá shí
- Translation
- Slippery Rock
Chinese Herb Actions
- Clear Heat, Drain Damp, Promote Urination For urinary tract infection with pain, burning, and dribbling. It will alleviate thirst. Also for watery diarrhea, heavy sensation in the body and limbs, unremitting fever and a yellow tongue coat.
- Clear Summer-Heat, Drain Damp For fever, irritability, thirst, watery diarrhea, and scanty or difficult urination,
- Topically Clears Heat and Damp For eczema, rash, sores, athlete’s foot, prickly heat and other dermatological conditions due to Damp Heat.
Chinese Herb Dosage
- 10-15 grams in decoction 12
- 9-15 grams in decoction 13
Chinese Herb Contraindications & Cautions
- Use with caution during pregnancy
- Use with caution in cases with Spleen Qi Deficiency or spermatorrhea
- Use with caution in cases with polyuria, or damaged body fluids due to heat.
Chinese Herb Toxicity & Overdose
- Do not inject or inhale this herb.
Herb-Drug Interactions
- None Noted
Western / Biomedical Research
Chinese Herb Clinical Studies & Research
Provided as research context — a summary of published biomedical study, not a therapeutic or medical claim.
- 10 patients with UTI had good results after taking Hua Shi (30 grams) and Gan Cao (5 grams).
Liao Ning Yi Yao, 1976; (2);69.
Chinese Herb Notes
- Hua Shi is bland so it drains damp, sweet so it harmonizes the stomach, and cold so it cools heat conditions. Both Shi Gao and Hua Shi Drain Damp, Clear Heat and alleviate thirst but Shi Gao is more appropriate when heat has dried the body fluids.
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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