Herb

Talc (Hua shi)

滑石hua shi
1 sourceTalcum

Recorded in Bencao Gangmu for body heat, dysentery, women's lactation difficulty and dysuria, promoting urination, flushing accumulated cold-heat from the stomach, and boosting essence-qi; freeing the orifices and fluids, relieving thirst, drying damp, and a key medicinal for stony strangury.

Used in 5 formulas

Source

Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu)卷九·石类上·滑石·主治

References
  • functions_en self-translated from 本草纲目 traditional_functions (public domain; the Chinese tf carries verbatim excerpt_hash citations). No modern work consulted.
  • WHO IST-TCM terminology-aligned for the English rendering.
  • public pharmacopoeia & physical facts (public-domain reference facts; no proprietary modern source).
Traditional functions

Classical source text (Chinese) — English summary above.

传统中医记载：主身热泄澼、女子乳难癃闭，利小便，荡胃中积聚寒热，益精气；古载通九窍六腑津液、止渴，燥湿、分水道、实大肠，偏主石淋为要药。

Nature, flavor & meridians

Nature & flavor: 甘，寒，无毒。

Used in formulas
Citations
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·滑石·释名Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its classification.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·滑石·气味Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its nature & flavor.
  • Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) · Li Shizhen · 卷九·石类上·滑石·主治Cited from Compendium of Materia Medica (Bencao Gangmu) for its traditional functions.