Shi Gao (sheng), 1lb

Gypsum cools Lung and Stomach fire, while also dispersing to vent to the exterior and release the muscle layer. - Bensky

Excerpted from Bensky: Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 3rd ed.

• Clears heat and drains fire: for high fever without chills, irritability, intense thirst, profuse sweating, a flooding, big pulse, and red tongue with yellow coating. This condition is one of excess in the qi level of the four levels of disease, or the yang brightness channel stage of the six stages of disease.*
• Clears heat from excess from the Lungs: for cough and wheezing with fever and thick, viscous sputum.*
• Clears blazing Stomach fire: for headache, toothache, or swollen and painful gums due to Stomach fire.*
• For eczema, burns, and ulcerated sores: usually applied topically in powdered form after being calcined and mixed with other herbs. May also be taken internally for these conditions.*