WH Acupuncture & Herbs Centre

It is the steatite of the silicate, mineral, family Talcum. The main medicinal component is [ Mg3 · (Si4O10) · (OH)2 ] and water. It can be harvested and collected all the year round. After being collected, the earth is removed, it is cleans and broken into pieces, or refined with water.

[ Medicinal Properties ]: Sweet, bland and cold; relate to the bladder, lung and stomach meridians.

[ Medicinal Efficacies ]: Promote diuresis to relive stranguria; clear away sumer-heat; dispel dampens and promote healing sore.

[ Usage and Dosage ]: 10-20g is used for oral use, Fei-Huashi must be decocted in a packet , appropriate amount for external use.

[ Clinical Applications ]: 1. Heat stranguria, stony stranguria     It is cold and slippery in nature and it has the function of clearing heat accumulation in bladder, as well as , benefits the lower orifices. It is the main medicnal for treating heat stanguria and astringent pain, in combination with Cheqianzi, Mutong and Qumai, such as, in the Bazheng Powder. For stony stranguria, it is often combined with Haijinsha, Jinqiaocao and Mutong, such as in the erjin Paishi Decoction.

2. Restlessness and thirst due to summer-heat-dampness, early stage of damp-warmth     In treating restlessness, thirst adn dysuria, due to Summer-heat-dampness, it is often combined with Gancao, such as in the Liuyi Powder. In the begining of damp-warmth, manifesting as headache, heavy sensation in the body, and oppression of the chest, it can be combiend with Xingren, Doudou and Yiyiren, such as in the San Ren Decoction. For watery diarrhea, due to damp-heat, it can be used with Cheqiaqnzi, Yiyiren and Fuling.

3. Eczema, damp sores, malaria     It has functin of clearing heast, absorbing dampness and astringing sores for external use, in traeting eczema, damp sores, malaria and other skin conditins, it can be utilized by itself, or combined with other medicinals, for external application on the affected area.

[ Medicial Comparison ]: Similarities: Cheqianzi and Huashi are all cold in nature, have the same action of clearig away heat, promoting diuresis to relive stranguria, especially treating for stranguria pain of damp-heat type and edema.

Differences: Cheqianzi especially has the actio of draining dampness to stop diarrhea, clear away liver-fire to improve vision and clear away lung to resolve phlegm, in treating for diarrhea due to sumer-heat-dampness, conjunctivitis due to liver-heat, cough due to phlegm-heat. Huashi has the actin of clearing away summer-heat, dispelling dampness and promoting to heal sore, in treating for restlessness ad thirst due to summer-heat-dampness, early stage of damp-warmth and eczema, damp sores, heat malaria and other skin disease.

滑石为硅酸盐类矿物滑石族滑石，主含含水硅酸镁[ Mg3 · (Si4O10) · (OH)2 ]，主产于山东、江西、山西、辽宁等地。全年可采。采挖后，除去泥沙及杂石，洗净，砸成碎块，研粉用，或水飞晾干用。