Gypsum
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Other names : Shi Gao, 石膏, Gypsum Fibrosum
Special Precautions of Gypsum
- Avoid in patients with a weak stomach, weak pulse, and yang deficiency.
- Avoid in cases with heat from yin deficiency.
The benefits of Gypsum are
- The most important herb to clear internal heat, especially in the qi and yang ming levels. Clears heat, drains fire (heavy, descending) - high fever with no chills, excessive thirst, sweating, flooding and big pulse (the "4 bigs"), irritability, red tongue with yellow coat. Clears excess lung heat - cough, wheezing, fever, thick yellow sputum. Clears blazing stomach fire - headache, toothache, painful and swollen gums.
- Topically for eczema, burns, ulcerated sores; may also be taken internally.
