Ci Shi
Magnetitum
acrid, salty, cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Calm the Spirit
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Shen disturbance
- Heart palpitations
- Sleep disorders
- Pathologies of internal wind
- Tremors
- Dizziness
- Vertigo
- Convulsions
- Impairment of vision
- Ear disorders
- Hearing decline
- Deafness
- Tinnitus
- Asthma
Ci Shi is acrid, salty, and cold to treat conditions involving heat patterns. Ci Shi enters the liver system to influence ocular function and the kidney system to influence hormones that decline with age and also related to asthma (kidney grasping function).
Ci Shi can be used for children that are in a state of shock suffering convulsions.
Channels: liver, kidney
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Anemia
- Dizziness
- Vertigo
- Blurring vision
- Irregular heart beat
- Asthma
- Wheeze
- Muscle spasms
Formulas:
- Ci Zhu Wan
- Er Long Zuo Ci Wan
- Zi Xue Dan
Contraindications: Ci Shi should be prescribed cautiously to patients with weak digestive function from spleen and stomach deficiency patterns
Zoo Image: an elephant wearing kidney shorts and glasses is being rescued with an anchor from a helicopter flown by a spirit, there is a qi buttery being grasped by the elephant’s kidneys, the helicopter has big ears