|
石膏 Shigao
Chinese Name |
石膏 |
|
Chinese Pinyin |
Shigao |
English Name |
Gypsum |
Latin Pharmaceutical Name |
Gypsum Fibrosum |
Category |
Minerals
|
Origin |
The mineral gypsum, which is primarily composed of CaSO4•2H2O. After harvested, remove the foreign stones and sands. |
Production Regions |
Primarily produced in mines in the Chinese provinces of Shandong, Inner Mongolia, Hubei, Jilin, Jiangsu, Shandong, Guangxi, Shanxi, Ningxia. |
Macroscopic Features |
Fibrous aggregate lumps, long lump-like, flake-like, or irregular lumps. White, grayish-white or pale yellow, sometimes translucent. Heavy in weight, soft texture, longitudinal fractured surface is silk-like and lustrous. faint odor, tasteless. |
Quality Requirements |
Superior medicinal material is white, heavy, soft, with silk-like lustrous longitudinal fractured surface. |
Properties |
Sweet, acrid , very cold |
Functions |
Clears heat, drains fire, eliminates vexation, relieves thirst. Apply to exterior heat diseases, vexation with high fever, cough and panting due to lung heat, excessive stomach fire, headache, toothache. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Permanent URL:https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/mmid/detail.php?pid=B00412
|
|