Distribution: Gansu, Shaanxi provinces of China.

Other Names: jiang jie shi 姜結石, jiang jie shi 僵結石, jiang shi 姜石,  wu li shi 蕪礪石, jiang shi 礓礫,  wu li 蕪礪

Uses:   leukemia, tumors. In some southern parts of China, it is use for brewing tea and dropping into water wells to lower the nitrites content of the water.

Characteristics: salty, cold, nontoxic.

Medical functions: anti-fungal, antibiotic, anti tumors, expels phlegm, lowers the nitrites content of water.

Chemical ingredients: Calcium carbonate, and other trace minerals: zinc,

selenium, chromium, iron, tungsten, manganese, germanium, tin, sodium, etc.

別名：姜 結石, 僵結石, 姜石, 蕪礪石, 礓礫, 蕪礪

分佈：料姜石主產於甘肅，陝西一帶

性味：鹹，寒，無毒

藥理﹕有 止血消 炎，利痰，抗 細菌，抗真菌，破壞癌細胞的作用。

可用 來降低水中亞硝酸鹽的含量。

用途﹕癌 症，白血症。中國南方有些地區將了薑石放入水井中或用來泡茶，可能有 防癌作用。

化學成份﹕碳 酸鈣，與其他微量元素， 如鋅，硒，鉻, 鐵，鎢，錳 ，鍺,

錫，鈉 等成份。