bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage Gypsum (Gypsum Fibrosum)
5 qián Grind into fine powder, stir-fry slightly with honey and wine until fragrant. Take 1 to 2 qian each time, add one cup of water, boil until reduced to half, and take the clear liquid warm at any time.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Drain the latent heat from the spleen and stomach.
bubble_chart Indications
Spleen and stomach latent fire, heat in the muscles, dry mouth and lips, aphthae, fetid mouth odor, irritability and heat, easy hunger, or yellowing of the body and muscle heat.
bubble_chart Formula Principles
This formula is generally used for conditions such as aphtha, aphtha, and fetid mouth odor caused by latent heat in the spleen and stomach. In the formula, Gypsum and Gardenia clear and purge accumulated heat in the spleen and stomach; Patchouli regulates qi and awakens the spleen, eliminating fetid mouth odor caused by abnormal fermentation in the stomach; Saposhnikovia Root disperses latent fire; Liquorice Root harmonizes the middle and purges fire, balancing all the herbs. The spleen and stomach are associated with the color yellow, and since this formula can purge latent heat in the spleen and stomach, it is thus named.
bubble_chart Formula Modification
- Yellowish body and fever: add Virgate Wormwood, Skullcap Root.
- Thirst and excessive drinking: add Anemarrhena, Platycodon Root.
- Fetid mouth odor and tongue sore: add Coptis Rhizome, Cimicifuga Rhizome, Clove.
- Short and reddish urine: add Talc.
- Blood heat: add Unprocessed Rehmannia Root, Red Peony Root.
- Epigastric distension: combine with Pineilia Heart-Draining Decoction.
bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications
Deficiency-cold of the spleen and stomach should be avoided.
bubble_chart Modern Application
Fetid mouth odor, aphthous ulcers, stomatitis, acute and chronic gastritis.