Gypsum, Shi Gao 石膏
Shi Gao (TCM)
Godanti (Ayurveda)
Jibsin (Unani)
Selenite, Lapis Selenite; Lapis Specularis: Affroselinum, Glacies Marie; the Crystallized form of Gypsum
Godanti (Ayurveda)
Jibsin (Unani)
Selenite, Lapis Selenite; Lapis Specularis: Affroselinum, Glacies Marie; the Crystallized form of Gypsum
Gypsum
Hortus sanitatis, 1491
Hortus sanitatis, 1491
Gypsum
Die Mineralien, Weber, J. C., 1871
Die Mineralien, Weber, J. C., 1871
Gypsum (Chengdu Medicine Market, Adam, 2016)
Mineralogical name:
Calcium sulphate
Temperature & Taste:
Very Cold, dry. Sweet, slightly Pungent
Less Cold but more drying when Burnt
Properties:
Nature: Crystalline
Color: Grey-white
Streak: White
Cleavage: Perfect
Fracture: Even
Lustre: Silky
Tenacity: Sectile
Transparency: Translucent
Hardness: 2
Specific Gravity: 2–2.5
Constituents:
Hydrated calcium sulfate (CaSO4·2H2O)
Traces of Na, Mg, Si, Al, Fe, Cu, Mn, Ti, Sr, Zn, Co, Cr, Ni, Ag, Sb
Classifications:
B. Clear Strong Heat or Fire (Gypsum)
T. External Medicines (Burnt Gypsum)
Calcium sulphate
Temperature & Taste:
Very Cold, dry. Sweet, slightly Pungent
Less Cold but more drying when Burnt
Properties:
Nature: Crystalline
Color: Grey-white
Streak: White
Cleavage: Perfect
Fracture: Even
Lustre: Silky
Tenacity: Sectile
Transparency: Translucent
Hardness: 2
Specific Gravity: 2–2.5
Constituents:
Hydrated calcium sulfate (CaSO4·2H2O)
Traces of Na, Mg, Si, Al, Fe, Cu, Mn, Ti, Sr, Zn, Co, Cr, Ni, Ag, Sb
Classifications:
B. Clear Strong Heat or Fire (Gypsum)
T. External Medicines (Burnt Gypsum)
Uses:
1. Clears Strong Heat and Fire:
-Fever with Sweating and Thirst, a big pulse
2. Clears Strong Heat from the Lungs:
-Cough, Asthma
3. Clears Strong Heat from the Stomach:
-Stomach heat
4. Clears Heat, Wind and Damp:
CALCINED GYPSUM:
1. Externally, calcined Gypsum is used for:
-purulent Eczema, Abscesses, Sores, Burns, as well as Necrosis (TCM, West)
Dose:
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Comment:
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Substitutes:
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Main Combinations:
1. Cough and Asthma from Heat:
i. Gypsum with ... available in PRO version
ii. Gypsum with ... available in PRO version
iii. Gypsum, ... available in PRO version
2. Fever:
i. Gypsum, ... available in PRO version
ii. from Cold or Flu, Gypsum with ... available in PRO version
iii. High Fever with excess Heat, Irritability and extreme Thirst:
iv. Gypsum with ... available in PRO version
v. Typhoid Fever, Gypsum, ... available in PRO version
3. Strong Heat with High Fever, Gypsum with ... available in PRO version
4. Heat and Toxin causing acute Sore Throat, Tonsillitis, acute Infection with High Fever, Lung Infection or severe Influenza with Heat symptoms, or Toxic sores of the Mouth or Throat, Gypsum with ... available in PRO version
5. Stomach Fire causing swollen painful gums, Gypsum with ... available in PRO version
6. Diabetes:
i. Gypsum, ... available in PRO version
ii. from Stomach Fire with Yin deficiency, Gypsum with ... available in PRO version
7. Heat with Yin deficiency with Headache, Toothache, Thirst, Gypsum with ... available in PRO version
8. High Heat that damages Yin with Fever, Thirst, irritability, Gypsum with ... available in PRO version
9. Headache:
i. with tearing eyes, calcined Gypsum, ... available in PRO version
10. Hyperthyroid:
i. Gypsum, ... available in PRO version
ii. Gypsum, ... available in PRO version
10. Scrofula, Selenite with ... available in PRO version
11. Nightblindness, Gypsum ... available in PRO version
12. Itching, Eczema, Gypsum ... available in PRO version
13. Itchy Sore, Gypsum ... available in PRO version
14. Toothache from Stomach Heat, calcined Gypsum, ... available in PRO version
15. Mouth Sores, calcined Gypsum ... available in PRO version
16. Acute Mastitis, calcined Gypsum ... available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Bai Hu Tang
Da Qing Long Tang
Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang
Niu Huang Jie Du Pian
Qing Wei San
Yu Nu Jian
Zhu Ye Shi Gao Tang
Zi Xue Dan
Powder for Scrofula
Cautions:
1. Very Cold, so only used in conditions with strong Heat.
2. Avoid in Cold and Weak digestion.
3. Calcined Gypsum is only used externally in TCM (but the Bhasma is taken internally in Ayurveda)
4. 'It is one of the suffocating poisons'. (Avicenna)
5. 'Its frigidity coagulates the blood and dries up the spirit, and induces difficulty of breathing, and after that death; but if this be powdered in the crude state and be given in a drink, boiled, it is not a poison, but is a styptic medicine" (De venenis, Petrus, 1487)
Antidote:
... available in PRO version
Toxicity:
No significant side effects noted in humans in doses of up to 250 grams. (Chen & Chen)
Main Preparations used:
Burnt Gypsum
1. Very Cold, so only used in conditions with strong Heat.
2. Avoid in Cold and Weak digestion.
3. Calcined Gypsum is only used externally in TCM (but the Bhasma is taken internally in Ayurveda)
4. 'It is one of the suffocating poisons'. (Avicenna)
5. 'Its frigidity coagulates the blood and dries up the spirit, and induces difficulty of breathing, and after that death; but if this be powdered in the crude state and be given in a drink, boiled, it is not a poison, but is a styptic medicine" (De venenis, Petrus, 1487)
Antidote:
... available in PRO version
Toxicity:
No significant side effects noted in humans in doses of up to 250 grams. (Chen & Chen)
Main Preparations used:
Burnt Gypsum
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1. Antipyretic
2. Stimulates immunity, increases phagocytosis of macrophages.
3. Quenches Thirst
4. Inhibits respiratory center
5. Inhibits Circulatory system
6. Increases Urinary output
7. Inhibits Bile output.
8. Shortens coagulation time.
9. Analgesic
10. Topical application shortened healing time of fractures in rabbits.
11. Fine powder was applied to burns. It reduced secretions, inhibited infection and shortened healing time.
2. Stimulates immunity, increases phagocytosis of macrophages.
3. Quenches Thirst
4. Inhibits respiratory center
5. Inhibits Circulatory system
6. Increases Urinary output
7. Inhibits Bile output.
8. Shortens coagulation time.
9. Analgesic
10. Topical application shortened healing time of fractures in rabbits.
11. Fine powder was applied to burns. It reduced secretions, inhibited infection and shortened healing time.