SHI GAO
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Gypsum

Nomenclature

SHI GAO
石膏
Gypsum
Other Names

Gypsum


Properties:

Acrid Sweet
Lung / LU Stomach / ST


Dosage and Toxicity

15 -60 gm
max- 100 gm


Functions

Clears heat, sedates fire and relieves irritability and quenches thirst
Bai Hu Tang, Da Qing Long Tang, Bai Hu Jia Ren Shen Tang, Zhu Ye Shi Gao Tang, San Huang Shi Gao Tang
Clears lung heat
Ma Xing Gan Shi Tang
Clears heat in the stomach and stomach channel

Yu Nu Jian
Clears heat and promotes healing of sores, burns and eczema (also used topically)


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Footnotes: contraindicated for qi and yin deficiency and internal cold

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