Hua Shi
| Hua Shi in TCM:Explore the properties of Hua Shi according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: talc
Pharmacuetical Name: Talcum
Properties: sweet, bland, cold
Temperature: cold
Channels: ST, UB
Flavors: sweet
Special Properties:
clears heat, clears damp, resolves summer heat
Actions / Indications:
- Promotes urination, clears DH from the bladder (damp
heat lin; stony lin)
- Clear summer-heat (fever; irritability, thirst, diarrhea;
heat in qi level with dampness)
- Absorbs dampness from skin (topical use for damp
skin lesions: eczema, heat rash, atheletes foot)
Special Notes:
- Taken internally, Hua Shi protects the stomach lining from gastritis, suppresses nausea and vomiting, and reduces absorption of toxins in the digestive tract.
Contraindications:
- (cc: pregnancy)
- (cc: SP qi deficiency)
- (cc: spermatorrhea)
- (cc: depleted fluids due to warm-febrile or excessive urination)
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