Latin Name: Gypsum Fibrosum

Properties: acrid, sweet, very cold

Actions: clears excess heat from lungs, clears blazing stomach fire, clears heat in Qi level, treats abscesses, burns, and eczema

Medical Indications: high fever, profuse sweating, intense thirst, cough and wheezing, inflamed gums, headache, toothache, eczema, abscesses, burns

Contraindications: not to be used together with tetracyclines and digitalis

Caution: to be used with caution in cases with Yang deficiency and Yin deficiency heat, and in patients with weak pulse and weak stomach

Dosage: 9 to 30 grams

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