Hua Shi
Talcum
sweet, bland, cold
PRIMARY FUNCTION:
Drains Dampness
CLASSICAL MANIFESTATIONS:
- Urinary tract disorders
- Painful urination
- Scanty urination
- Diarrhea
- Fever
- Thirst
- Yellow tongue coat
- Irascibility
- Eczema
Hua Shi enters the bladder and the stomach systems. It is sweet, bland, and cold to treat damp-heat patterns of the lower jiao.
Channels: stomach, bladder
COMMON APPLICATIONS AND CLINICAL POSSIBILITIES:
- Urinary tract infections
- Abdominal distention
- Fever
- Epistaxis
- Edema
- Diuretic
- Eczema
- Dysuria
- Gastritis
- Diarrhea
Formulas:
- Ba Zheng San
- Dao Chi Qing Xin Tang
- Fang Feng Tong Sheng San
- Gan Lu Xiao Du Dan
- Liu Yi San
- Mie Di Zhi Yang Tang
- San Ren Tang
- Shi Wei San
- Xiao Ji Yin Zi
- Zhu Ling Tang
- Zi Xue Dan
Contraindications: do not prescribe Hua Shi to patients that present with spermatorrhea or patterns of spleen qi deficiency or heat patterns injuring fluids, prescribe with caution to patients that are pregnant
Zoo Image: on a hot day a pig with skin sores is playing in a fountain with red hot urine water which is coming out the side