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Lu Gan Shi (Smithsonite)


Substances for External Application
Lu Gan Shi 甘石

Smithsonitum Smithsonite

Also known as Gan Shi

Channels LIVST
Nature Neutral Sweet
Specimen photograph
not yet catalogued
Specimen Smithsonitum

Materia Medica Data

Temperature
Neutral
Nature & Flavour
Sweet, Neutral
Channels Entered
LIV, ST
Latin (pharmaceutical)
Smithsonitum
Chinese
甘石
Tone Marks
lú gān shí
Also Known As
Gan Shi
Translation
Stove Sweet Stone
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Monograph in progress The detailed monograph sections for this herb — actions & indications, dosage, combinations, cautions, and research — are not yet documented. The identity and classification above are verified; the full profile is being sourced and reviewed.

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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