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Pin Yin: han shui shi
Common name: calcite
Botanical family: (mineral)
Primary action: Drain Fire
Secondary actions:
Clear Summer Heat
Temperature: cold
Taste: acrid, salty
Entering Channel: Ht, St, Kd
Actions:
Drains Fire and relieves Summer Heat; used for high heat effusion (fever) from Summer
Heat with thirst and vexation.
Transforms Dampness and reduces swelling; relieves Cold Damp Leg Qi edema.
(See
Summer Heat
;
Summer Heat Collapse
(heat stroke)
.)
Dosage:
3-10 qian.
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