This product is a silicate mineral Talc group Talc (Huashi), mainly containing hydrated magnesium silicate [Mg₃‧ (Si₄O₁₀)‧ (OH) ₂], mainly produced in Shandong, Jiangxi, Shanxi, Liaoning and other places. Available year round. Grind into powder or grinding with water.

[Property]

sweet and bland, cold. act on stomach and bladder channels.

[Efficacy]

It diures water and relieves stranguria, clears away summer heat, removes dampness and heals sores.

[Indications]

1. It is used for difficulty in urination, astringent and painful discharge. It can clear bladder heat accumulation and unblock water channels. It is a commonly used medicine for treating heat stranguria syndrome. If dampness-heat pouring down causes difficulty in urination, heat stranguria, urolithic stranguria and anuria, etc., it is often combined with Akebia Stem, Plantain Seed, Lilac Pink Herb is used equally, such as Eight-Ingredient Rectification Powder. If used for urolithic stranguria, it can be used with Sea Gold Sand, Christina Loosestrife, Akebia Stem, etc., such as Erjin Paishi Soup .
2. For summerheat dampness, dampness warm disease. This product is sweet and cold, can diuretic, and can relieve summer heat. It is a commonly used medicine to treat summerheat dampness. If you have polydipsia due to summer heat and short and red urine, you can use it with Liquorice Root, that is, Six-to-One Powder; if you have summer heat warmth, chest tightness, and poor qi movement , can be used with Yiyiren, Baikouren, Bitter Apricot Seed, etc., such as Three-Kernel Decoction.
3. For eczema, eczema. This product has the effect of clearing away heat, removing dampness and curing sores when used externally. For eczema and eczema, it can be used alone or combined with Phelloendron Bark, Phelloendron Bark, etc., and spread over the affected area; or combined with Mentha, Liquorice Root and others are combined to make prickly heat powder to treat prickly heat.

Treatment of influenza, enterovirus, and various viral colds, Chinese medicine is more refined, non-toxic, and effective than Western medicine

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Mainly responsible for the release of heat in the body, difficulty in breastfeeding in women, ischuria, facilitates urination, and removes the abdominal mass Hanre in the stomach."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Talc can benefit the orifices, not only for urination. The upper part can relieve the orifice of hair and urinary tract, and the lower part can relieve the orifice of sperm drowning. It has a sweet and light taste, first enters the stomach, seeps through the meridians, and swims overflow. Essential qi is transmitted to the lungs and flows down to the bladder, which governs the skin and body hair. It is the source of water. The bladder is responsible for body fluids, so qi can be released through the diarrhea water channel, which is the drying dampness of the lungs. 》

[Usage and Dosage]

Decoct and take, 10-15g; preferably wrapped in cloth. Appropriate amount for external use.

[Precaution]

It is contraindicated for spleen deficiency, Rebing damage to fluid and pregnant women.

[Modern Pharmacology]

Talc contains magnesium silicate, aluminum oxide, nickel oxide, etc. The magnesium silicate contained in this product has adsorption and astringent effects, and can protect the intestinal wall when taken orally. Talc powder is spread on the wound surface to form a membrane, which can protect the wound surface, absorb secretions, and promote scabbing.