This product is a natural crystal of the sulfate mineral Mirabilite. Produced in Shanxi, Hebei and other places, it is mostly found under the salt accumulation in brine. It can be harvested throughout the year and ground finely for use.

[Property]

Acrid and salty, cold. act on heart, stomach and kidney channels.

[Efficacy]

clearing heat and purging fire.

[Indications]

1. For Rebing polydipsia. This product can clear heat and purging fire, relieve restlessness and quench thirst. Used for those with warm febrile disease, high fever, polydipsia, and heavy pulse. Often used together with Gypsum, such as Three-Stone Decoction.
2. For erysipelas burns. This product has the effect of clearing heat and purging fire, relieving red heat pain. Therefore, it is also used in children with erysipelas, hot red skin, and scald or burn due to hot water or fire. It can be ground into fine powder and applied to the affected area.
3. In addition, this product can also relieve swelling and can be used with Talc, cluster mallow fruit, Plantain Seed, etc. Treat dampness-heat edema.

[Documentation]

1. 「 Benjing 」: "The main body is hot, the abdominal mass pathogenic qi is in the abdomen, the skin is like fire, and it is full of irritation. Drink water." " Yixue Rumen I> ": "To treat erysipelas in children, burn it into powder, mix it with vinegar and apply it." " Bencao Qiuzhen ": "Apply to burns."

[Usage and Dosage]

10~15 grams. Decoct and take appropriate amount for external use.

[Precaution]

People with deficiency-cold of spleen and stomach should not take it.

[Modern Pharmacology]

Benjing is called Calcitum, which according to research should be a natural crystal of Mirabilite. But in modern Calcitum, red Gypsum (containing calcium sulfate or calcium carbonate) is mostly used in the north, and calcite (mainly containing calcium carbonate) is used in the south.