Bencao Index https://bencaoindex.com/ https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/hua-shi/ Free to use and republish with visible attribution and a link back to the source page. The catalogue is a reference work and is knowingly incomplete; nothing in it is medical advice. <a href="https://bencaoindex.com/herbs/hua-shi/">Bencao Index</a> hua shi 滑石 Talcum Talcum kasseki hwalsok Drain Dampness Stomach Bladder

Promotes urination, drains Heat from the Bladder and expels Damp-Heat (helps pass gravel and stones)

Heat Lin: hot, burning, painful urination that is dark, scanty or dribbling, often with thirst Diarrhea from Damp-Heat Damp-Heat at the Qi level: a fever that will not break, a heavy body, thirst and a yellow tongue coat

Clears Summerheat and resolves Damp

Summerheat with Damp: fever and thirst, restlessness, watery stools, and urine that is scanty and hard to pass

Absorbs Damp and clears Heat (topical)

Eczema, damp sores, damp rashes and prickly heat, dusted on as a fine powder

Stops bleeding due to Heat

Bleeding of Heat type