Shi Gao
Gypsum Fibrosum石膏
- Nature
- very Cold
- Flavours
- Acrid/Pungent, Sour, Sweet
- Meridians
- Lung, Stomach
- Class
- Heat-Clearing and Fire-Purging Medicinals (Qing Re Xie Huo Yao)Heat-Clearing Medicinals (Qing Re Yao)
- Dosage
- 10–60 g
Actions / Functions
- Drains the Fire
- Clarifies Heat
- Clarifies Heat at Qi Level
- Clarifies the Lung
- Clarifies the Stomach
- Calms dysphoria/anxiety
- Favors Organic Liquid production
- Stops thirst
- Stops cough
- Calms dyspnea
- Clarifies Heat (topic use)