Gypsum
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TMPW No.：15177 |
| Synonym | |
| Latin name | Gypsum Fibrosum |
| Botanical source: Family name | |
| Botanical source: Plant name | Natural hydrous calcium sulfate. It possibly corresponds to the formula CaSO4.2H2O. |
| Part used | |
| Empirical criteria for quality selection | Good one is white or translucent, and lustrous. The texture is soft. (TN) |
| Constituents | Other: CaSO4・2H2O, Clay, Sand, Organic substance, Sulfide, Fe++, Mg++ |
| Pharmacological effects | Alleviating thirst, antipyretic. suppression of intestinal movement, and diuresis. |
| Indications | It applied to treat antifebrile of inflammatory disease, antidipsetic, antibechic, frequent thirst, asthma and stomach pain. |
| Diseases | High fever, Thirst, Feeling of pressure in the chest, Rapid breathing, Cough, Headache, Toothache, Swelling and pain of the root of tooth, Stomatitis |
| Formulas | eppikajutsuto , eppikajutsubuto , eppikahangeto , eppito , kagenryokakusan (asada) , kikyosekko , kufugedokusan , keishieppito , keishinieppiitto , keishinieppiittokajutsubu , gokoto , saikatsugekito , shosaikotokakikyosekko , shoseiryutokakyoninsekko , shoseiryutokasekko , shofusan , shin'iseihaito , senkanmeimokuto , zosonmokuboito , zokumeito , daiseiryuto , chikuyosekkoto , chotosan , byakkokakeishito , byakkokaninjinto , byakkoto , bofutsushosan , makyokansekito , mokuboito |
| Meridian tropism | Lung, Stomach |
| Property | Extremely cold |
| Flavor | Sweet, Acrid/pungent |
| Classification in "Shen-non Ben-cao Jing" | Middle |
| TCM: Classification | Antipyretics |
| TCM: Medicinal effects | To clear heat and purge fire, relieve vexation and quench thirst. For external contration of febrile disease, high fever with vexation and thirst, panting and cough caused by lung heat, exuberant stomach fire, headache, toothache. |
| Remarks | Listed in the Japanese Pharmacopoeia 18th ed. |
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