Pharmaceutical name:

英文藥名 ﹕

gypsum

Chemical name:

學名﹕

hydrous calcium sulphate

Pron. in Japanese:

日語發音﹕

sekko

Pron. in Korean:

韓語發音﹕

sokko

Pron. in Cantonese:

粵音﹕

se ko

Other Names:

別名﹕

xi li shi 細理石，ruan shi gao 軟石膏，bai hu 白虎

Common Name:

英文名﹕

gypsum

Distribution:

產地﹕

Sichuan, Gansu, Hubei, Hunan, Anhui, Shandong provinces of China.

The largest producing country is U.S.

四川, 甘肅，湖北，安徽,  湖南，山東 等省。全世界最大的生產國家為美國。

Properties

 characteristics)﹕

性味﹕

sweet, acrid, very cold

甜﹐幸﹐ 極寒。

Channels  meridians) entered:

歸經﹕

lung, stomach.

肺 ， 胃 。

藥理﹕

Actions & Indications:

主治﹕

for thirst, asthma, stomach ache, diabetes; being used as antipyretics, and sedatives.

作為解熱，鎮靜，止渴藥用，主治煩咳，口渴，氣喘，胃痛，糖尿病等。

Chemical ingredients:

化學成份﹕

CaSO₄.2H₂O

Dosage:

用量﹕

for internal use in decoction: 15 to 60 g. Mostly raw (not calcined) and smashed.

Boil before other herbs.  It can also be used in powder form or in pill form.

內 服 ： 常 用 量 15 - 60 克 。 多 生 用 。 須 打 碎 先 煎 。 或 入 丸 ， 散 。

Samples of formulae:

處方舉例﹕

Formulae: da qing long tang, bai hu jia gui zhi tang, bai hu ren shen tang, bai hu tang, shi gao zhi mu tang, qing wen bai du yin, ma xing gan shi tang.

For burns and eczema: duan shi gao (calcined) ,  huang bai. Make into powder

and apply to affected areas.

For acute infection with high fever, nose bleeding, loss of consciousness,

and rash: sheng shi gao, xi jiao (or substitute with water buffalo horn). Make into decoction.

大青龍湯， 白虎加桂枝湯，白虎加人參湯，白虎湯，石膏知母湯，清瘟敗毒飲，麻杏甘石湯。

1. 燒傷或濕瘡 ﹕鍛石膏﹐ 黃柏 為末﹐ 敷於患處。

2. 突患感染﹐ 高熱﹐ 鼻血﹐ 失知覺﹐ 皮膚發疹﹕生石膏﹐犀 角 (或用水牛角代替)。

3. 水煎服。

Modern Research:

現代研究﹕

Toxicity & Cautions:

毒素與禁忌﹕

Not to use in cases of pixu (spleen deficient)  or xue xu (blood deficient) or sickness is on the surface (like cold or flu). Use care in cases of fever due to yinxu (yin deficient)  .

Not to use with tetracyclnes type of drugs because the reaction of calcium may cause the drugs to become ineffective. Also, not to use with digitalis type of drugs because the calcium ions may increase the toxicity of the drug and may cause arrhythmia conductivity of signals.

脾虛或血虛及病在表者禁用 。陰 虛 發熱者小心服用。

石膏不可與四 環素類藥物同用，因為石膏含有硫酸鈣 ，鈣離子與四環素類結合後，會形成難 以吸收的結合物，從而令藥物失效 。

石膏不可與洋地黃類藥合用，因 為含大量鈣離子，合用後毒性會增強而導致心律失常和傳導阻滯 。

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