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Pin Yin: dai zhe shi
Common name: hematite
Botanical family: (mineral)
Primary action: Calm Spirit
Secondary actions:
Rectify Qi;
Stop Bleeding
Temperature: cold
Taste: bitter
Entering Channel: Lv, St, PC, [Ht]
Actions:
Sedates the Liver and strongly subdues rising Liver Yang associated with
Yin Vacuity; used for vexation, dizziness, vertigo, and tinnitus
and blurred vision.
Strongly descends Counterflow Qi; used to control vomiting, nausea, acute
asthma, and hiccough.
Stops bleeding; especially useful for nosebleeds, coughing up of blood,
uterine bleeding and other types of bleeding associated with Blood Heat
patterns.
(See
Liver Yang Rising (Ascending)
;
Liver Wind Moving Internally
;
Counterflow Qi
;
Blood Heat
.)
Dosage:
3-10 qian.
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