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| For: High fever without chills • Intense thirst • Ulcerated sores • Viscous sputum |
| Attributes: antipyretic • Immunostimulant |
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| Pharmacopeias: Shen Nong Ben Cao Jing |
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| Category: Clear Heat Drain Fire ▶ |
| English: Gypsum Pinyin: Shi Gao Pharmaceutical: Gypsum fibrosum |
| Organs: Lungs • Stomach Temperature: Very Cold |
| Taste: Sweet • Pungent Toxicity: |
| Patterns: Excessive interior heat, Yang Ming Channel Heat, Qi Level Heat, Lung and Stomach heat |
Actions: Clear heat • Drain fire • Clear High fever • Stop thirst • Promote flesh healing [18]
Key 2nd Actions: Guide - LI, ST • Stop Sweating • Relieve Toothache |
| Indications: Severe fever without chills • Severe thirst • Flooding pulse • Heat in Yang Ming channels • Viscous sputum • Profuse sweating • Red tongue • Yellow coating |
| Contraindications: Cold and deficiency of Spleen and Stomach • Qi Deficiency • Yin Deficiency |
| Typical Dosage: 15g to 60g Guidelines |
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| Dui Yao |
| ■ SHI GAO/ ZHI MU: Dui Yao for Yangming/ Qi level heat with four big signes (fever, sweat, thirst, pulse) and Lung phlegm heat. Xiao Ke(upper jiao) with plydipsia, excess Lung heat with dry mouth, dry tongue. Bai Hu Tang, Yu Nu Jian, Qing Wen Bai Du San.[35] ■ SHI GAO/GUI ZHI: (hot-cold): clear heat & free flow of the vessels for hot, swollen, painful joints. ■ SHI GAO/ JING MI: clear heat while protecting Stomach Yang. ■ SHI GAO/ XI XIN: Stomach Heat toothache, bleeding/swollen/painful gums, oral ulcers, and glossitis. Headache due to Wind-Heat entering the clear orifices.[35] |
| Formulas with Shi Gao |
| Bai Hu Tang, Bai Hu Jia Gui Zhi Tang, Bai Hu Jia Ren Shen Tang, Chai Ge Jie Ji Tang, Da Qing Long Tang, Ma Xing Shi Gan Tang, Qing Wen Bai Du Yin, San Huang Shi Gao Tang, Yu Nu Jian, Yue Bi Jia Zhu Tang, Xiao Feng San, Xie Huang San, Zhu Ye Shi Gao Tang |
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Herbal medicine may interact negatively with pharma drugs and other herbs. Examples below:
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