Gypsum

Gypsum

(Ben Jing)

[synonyms] fine stone, fine marble (another record), soft gypsum (supplement to the meaning of Materia Medica), cold water stone (compendium), white tiger (meaning of Medicine).

[source] it is the ore of sulfate mineral gypsum.

Gypsum

Monoclinic system. The crystal is usually plate-shaped, and the aggregate is usually dense granular, fibrous or leaf-shaped. The color is usually white, the crystal is colorless and transparent, when the component is impure, it can be gray, flesh red, honey yellow or black. The stripes are white. Transparent to translucent. The cleavage surface is glassy or pearly, and the fibrous surface is silky. The lamellar cleavage is obvious. The fracture surface is scallop shaped at most. The hardness is 1.5-2. The specific gravity is 2.3. Flexible and flexible.

It often occurs in sedimentary rocks formed by Bay salt lakes and inland lakes.

[collection] it is usually excavated in winter. After excavation, the soil and miscellaneous stones are removed.

[herbal medicine] is a long block or irregular fibrous crystal aggregate with different size. All white to grayish white. The upper and lower sides of large pieces are flat, without luster and texture. The body weight is loose and easy to be divided into small pieces. The longitudinal section has fibrous texture and silk like luster. Odorless, light taste. It is better to have large white, loose, fibrous and no miscellaneous stones. Burn it, dye the flame for reddish yellow, can melt into white magnetic alkaline ball. When it is burned to 120 ℃, it loses part of crystal water and becomes white powdery or massive calcined gypsum.

Produced in Hubei, Anhui, Henan, Shandong, Sichuan, Hunan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Yunnan, Xinjiang and other places.

[chemical composition] the main component is hydrous calcium sulfate. Cao, SO2 and H2O are 32.5%, 46.6% and 20.9% respectively. In addition, clay, sand, organic matter, sulfide and other impurities are often mixed. According to the analysis of Beijing Medical College, in addition to calcium sulfate, there are also trace amounts of Fe + + and Mg + +.

Calcined gypsum is anhydrous calcium sulfate (CaSO4).

[processing] raw gypsum: remove the miscellaneous stones, clean the soil, and break it into small pieces. Calcined gypsum: take out the gypsum block, put it in the crucible, calcine it in the smokeless fire until it is loose, take it out, cool it down and crush it.

① "Lei Gong's treatise on the processing of Plaster" says: "if you want to use plaster, you must pound it into powder in the mortar. If you want to use it, you can make it clear, dry it and use it for research. "

② According to the compendium of compendium of works, "in ancient times, plaster was only broken as big as beans, wrapped in silk and boiled in soup. In recent years, because of its cold, if it has been calcined or fried with sugar, it may be as good as spleen and stomach. "

③ "Medicated Huayi": gypsum, slightly calcined with raw use, more calcined body greasy convergence. "

It's sweet and cold.

① Ben Jing: "it tastes pungent and slightly cold. "

② Bielu: "sweet, cold, nontoxic. "

③ "The secret of indications" says that it is cold in nature and mild in taste. "

[channel tropism] entering lung and stomach channels.

① "Tangye Materia Medica" says: "start with Taiyin and Shaoyang, and follow Yangming. "

② The supplement to the meaning of materia medica: "entering Yangming, hand Taiyin, hand Shaoyang. "

[function indications] it can be used to relieve muscle, clear away heat, remove vexation and quench thirst. In the treatment of febrile diseases, the symptoms include strong heat, dizziness, delirium, dysphoria, thirst, dry throat, lung heat, dyspnea, heatstroke, spontaneous perspiration, stomach fire, headache, toothache, excessive heat toxin, rash, sore mouth and tongue. Calcination and application can promote the growth of muscles and restrain sores. External treatment of carbuncle and sore, ulceration does not close the mouth, soup fire scald.

① Ben Jing: "it is characterized by wind, cold and heat in the middle, adverse Qi in the heart, gasping, dry mouth, burning tongue, inability to rest, firm pain in the abdomen, lactation and golden sores. "

② Bielu: "in addition to Qi headache, body heat, triple energizer fever, skin heat, diaphragmatic heat in intestines and stomach, relieving muscle sweating, relieving thirst, dysphoria, abdominal distension, gasping, pharyngeal heat. It can also be used as bath soup. "

③ "Treatise on medicinal properties": "it can treat typhoid fever, headache such as cracking, strong heat, skin such as fire dryness, thirst, relieving muscle, toxic sweating, and it can mainly dredge the stomach, relieve boredom, anxiety, irritability, and treat dry lips and mouth. Fried tea with Scallion to relieve headache“

④ "Rihuazi materia medica:" it can cure the fever, lower the milk, turn the head wind, make the heart agitated, and wipe the teeth. "

⑤ "Pearl bag": "stop Yangming headache, stop thirst, heatstroke, hot flashes. "

⑥ "Heart method of medication": "stomach cold medicine, Runfei chure, divergent Yin evil, slow spleen qi. "

⑦ According to the supplement to the meaning of materia medica: "research is the end, vinegar research pill is as big as mung bean, which is used to diarrhea stomach fire, phlegm fire and food accumulation. "

⑧ Yang Shiying: "calcination is the best way to recover the sores and dizziness, not to rot the muscles. "

⑨ "Materia medica Mengyao": "stomachache is very serious, swallow. "

⑩ Changsha medicine solution: "clear heart and lung, treat dysphoria, relieve stagnant heat, stop dryness and thirst, treat fever mania, fire cough, collect heat and sweat, eliminate heat and phlegm, live epistaxis, regulate aphthous ulcer, manage sore throat, dredge milk, smooth breast carbuncle, relieve fire and burn, treat golden sores. "

⑩ Ben Cao Zai Xin: "it can cure headache, fever, blurred eyes, Long Yi, toothache, kill insects and facilitate urination. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.3 ~ 1 Liang (large dosage can be 6 ~ 8 Liang); or into pills, powder. External use: calcine, grind, sprinkle or adjust.

[should avoid] it should not be taken in patients with spleen and stomach deficiency cold, blood deficiency and yin deficiency fever.

① "Ji Zhu of the classic of Materia Medica" says: "chicken is the envoy. It's a weed, a horse, a poison. "

② "On medicinal properties": "Croton. Fear of iron. "

③ "The secret of indications" says that it can cool the stomach and make people not eat. It should not be used lightly if it is not extremely hot in the abdomen. "

[prescription selection] ① for the treatment of sanyanghe disease, the abdomen is full of weight, it is difficult to turn the side, the mouth is not benevolent, the face is dirty, delirium is used to urinate, sweating is delirium, the next is sweating on the forehead, hands and feet are silent cold, if spontaneous sweating: Anemarrhena asphodeloides six Liang, gypsum one jin (broken), licorice (fried) two liang, japonica rice six. On the four flavors, with a bucket of water, boiling rice heat, soup into dross, warm clothing one liter, three times a day. (Baihu Decoction in Treatise on Febrile Diseases)

② For the first time in treating warm diseases, the pulse is floating and powerful, the body is strong and hot, and for the first time in treating cold, the body is not averse to cold, but the heart is hot: raw gypsum two Liang (rolling fine), raw japonica rice two Liang and a half. For the first two flavors, fry them in three big bowls of water until the rice is hot, and you can get about two big bowls of clear juice. Drink them as much as you can when you are hot, so that you can sweat all over the body. If the disease is cured, you don't need to drink them when you are hot. Drink them slowly to eliminate the heat. (Shigao Jingmi Decoction in Zhongshen Xilu of Medicine)

③ Treatment of dampness and sweating, delusion of thirst: plaster, fried licorice, etc. It's the end. Take two daggers each time, and adjust the water. (treatise on general diseases of typhoid)

④ For the treatment of Taiyin febrile disease, you should not sweat. Those who sweat but can't sweat will have rash. Those who sweat too much will have dizziness and delirium. Those who have spots: one or two gypsum, four coins of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, three coins of raw licorice, three coins of Yuanshen, two coins of rhinoceros turtle, and one coin of white japonica rice. Eight cups of water, three cups of boiling water, three servings a day, one more hour of dregs, one serving at night. (huaban Decoction in differentiation of epidemic febrile diseases)

⑤ After the treatment of sweating, it is not feasible to use Guizhi Decoction. The patients who have no fever are as follows: four taels of Mahuang (removing knots), fifty almonds (peeling and sharpening), one or two licorices (roasting), and half a jin of gypsum (broken and wrapped). For the first four flavors, take seven liters of water, boil ephedra, reduce two liters, remove the foam, put in various herbs, boil three liters, remove dross, and take one liter warm. (Mahuang almond licorice gypsum Decoction in Treatise on Febrile Diseases)

⑥ Treatment of phlegm heat and asthma, phlegm such as spring: cold water stone, gypsum, etc. The upper part is fine. Fried ginseng soup, adjust three money, take after eating. (Shuangyu powder in Su Wen Bing Ji Bao Ming Ji)

⑦ Treatment of heat cough asthma, long time does not heal: Gypsum two liang, licorice half Liang (fried). Last is the last. Every time you take ginger and honey, you can mix it with water. (PU Ji Fang plaster powder)

⑧ To cure bone steaming, dry lips and thirst, to drink water to quench thirst: Six Liang gypsum (broken, soft wrapped), 20 pieces of big black plum. On the two flavors, seven liters of water, four liters of boiling, to dross, three with honey, drink a little. (waitai)

⑨ Treatment of wind evil epilepsy, dry mouth, headache, hot and stuffy disorder: plaster half a Jin, japonica rice one (three) together. Five large cups of water are used to boil gypsum, and two large ones are used to remove gypsum. Rice is used to cook congee. Green onion and black bean juice are added to the congee. The congee is cooked together. When the congee is hot, the congee is eaten hollow. Gypsum can be used three times. (Shenghui recipe gypsum porridge)

⑩ Treat partial headache, even eye pain: plaster, rat mucus (fried) each equal. The upper part is fine. Take two yuan per serving, and then take it with warm wine or tea. (plaster of rat slime powder in the wonderful prescription)

(11) treatment of upper diaphragmatic obstruction, sore mouth and tongue, pharyngeal swelling and pain: three liang of cold water stone (calcined), three and a half of cinnabar (other research), half of brain. On for the end, with a little mixed with the affected area, pharyngeal fluid, several times a day and night with. (San Yin Fang Long Shi San)

(12) treatment of laryngopathy: plaster one or two, Anemarrhena three money, licorice one money, Yuanshen five money, trichosanthin three money. Take it in water. (the secret of laryngology gypsum soup)

Treatment of stomach fire toothache: good soft plaster one or two, fire calcination. Light wine quenched, for the end, into Fangfeng, Schizonepeta, asarum, angelica five points, for the end, daily wipe teeth. (baoshoutang experience prescription)

(14) the treatment of night sleepiness is not effective: take one coin of plaster powder, one piece of pig liver, thin batch, add medicine on it, wrap it, cook it in sand bottle, cut it, one strand a day. (mingmufang)

Treatment of children with typhoid fever, vomiting and diarrhea, yellow and thin: cold water stone, gypsum each half two, licorice one money. On the same as the fine end. Each serving a word, or half money, a money, after eating, warm soup tune down. (Yulu powder in Zhijue of pediatric medicine syndrome)

(16) treatment of muscle and bone pain, because of wind heat: plaster three money, fly Luo face seven money. For the end, water and, calcined red, cold set, roll wine into clothing, cover sweat, for three days. (health zaxing)

He treated the wounds of various golden blades with more than one or two pieces of plaster, betel nut, Coptis (removing the beard) and half of Phellodendron amurense. On the fine powder, with how much mixed on the sore, blood set, then into the water may as well. (general discussion on pediatric health)

(18) treatment of fire ulcers in soup: plaster mashed to apply it. (behind the elbow)

(19) treatment of mastitis: not much gypsum, calcined red, taken from the ground, bowl covered with fire poison, fine research. Every three money, warm wine, add wine to drunk, sleep again into a service. (the first chapter of renzhaizhizhifang)

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