石膏·Gypsum Fibrosum
Gypsum
Shi Gao (石膏) is gypsum, a calcium sulphate mineral, recorded as Gypsum Fibrosum. It is sweet and acrid in flavour and cold in temperature, entering the Lung and Stomach channels. The catalogue files it among the substances that drain Fire.
| Pinyin | shi gao |
|---|---|
| Chinese | 石膏 |
| Latin Name | Gypsum Fibrosum |
| English Name | Gypsum |
| Japanese | sekko |
| Korean | seokgo |
High fever with great thirst and irritability, whether from Wind-Heat, Heat at the Qi Stage or Yang Ming Heat; epidemic disease
Fever lingering after a febrile disease, with irritability, insomnia and a thin, dry tongue coat; feverish cough in children; Heart and Stomach Heat with swollen gums and mouth ulcers
High fever, rash, nosebleed and unconsciousness from epidemic Damp-Heat toxin
Heat at the Qi level or in Yang Ming
Fever that persists into the late stage of a febrile disease, with thirst, dysphoria and a red, uncoated tongue
Severely depleted Yin giving rise to blazing Fire, with headache, toothache and thirst
Fluids damaged by excess Fire
Heat blocking the Lungs with cough, wheezing, fever and flaring nostrils; Wind-edema
Skin eruptions and ecchymoses from Heat in both the Qi and Blood Stages
Cough and asthma from Lung Heat
jin yin hua + yu xing cao + huang qin
Lung Heat toxin
Blazing Stomach Fire with swollen gums and toothache
Stomach Fire.
huai niu xi + sheng di huang + zhi mu
Headache with painful, swollen gums from Stomach Fire
Stomach Heat causing nausea and vomiting
Eczema and burns, using the calcined form (Duan Shi Gao)
Eczema, burns and abscesses.
Decreases muscular swelling.
Interior Heat with exterior Wind-Cold
mu dan pi + sheng di huang + xuan shen
Unremitting high fever and maculae from intense Heat at the Qi and Blood (Xue) Levels
Qi Deficiency with excess Heat
Qi and Yin Deficiency with excess Heat
huang qin + huang lian + huang bai
Toxic Heat with infection.
huang lian + zhi zi + mu dan pi + chi shao + zhi mu
Influenza, epidemic encephalitis B or epidemic poliomyelitis with high fever, headache, irritability, dry mouth and insomnia, and bleeding when severe
| Age | Raw | Granule | Tincture | Concentrate | Frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Any 15-60g; Up to 90g for very high fevers (30g in children) | 15-60 g | — | — | — | — |
煅石膏·Gypsum Fibrosum Praeparatum
Duan shi gao (煅石膏) is calcined gypsum, recorded as Gypsum Fibrosum Praeparatum. No category, channels or actions are recorded for it.
The catalogue records no separate actions, dose or cautions for this preparation. Unless noted above it follows shi gao.
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