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Fish Head Stone, Otolith

Aquilinus (Traditional name); Lapis Carpionum (from a Carp)
Hijr al-Samak, Sange Sar Mahi (Unani)

Picture
Fish Head Stone at the Chengdu Medicine Market (Adam, 2017)

Minerological name:
Otolith; Calcium Silicate
The Fish sources include:
  1. Pseudosciaena crocea, P. polyactis and Sciaena schlegeli (TCM)
  2. in Unani medicine, stones from the head of Channa sp. is used
  3. Carp and Pike were common sources in Europe

Parts used:
Stone from the head of various Fish

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Salty

Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Calms the Mind:
-Epilepsy (West, TCM);
-TCM uses it as a 'guiding medicine' for Epilepsy, Cerebritis and other diseases of the brain

2. Clears Heat and Damp, Promotes Urine, Clears Stones:
-Dysuria, painful or Burning Urination
-Gravel and Stones of the Kidneys and Bladder
-Gonorrhea (Unani)

3. Clears Heat, Quenches Thirst:
-Fever with Thirst

4. Externally:
i. the ash (Kushta) mixed with lime juice is applied to eruptions in children, itch, ringworm and various chronic skin disorders. (Unani)


DOSE:
Powder: 500mg–1 gram (up to 2 or 3 grams)
Decoction: 6–18 grams

CORRECTIVE:
Milk

SUBSTITUTES:
Jew's Stone (Lapis Judaicus)

COMMENT:
In Unani it is often burned to ash (Kushta) for use.

Main Combinations:
1. Diseases of the Brain, it has been combined with White Silkworm (Bai Jiang Can)
2. Urinary Calculi, with Madder

Cautions:
Avoid long-term use.

Main Preparations used:

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