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Pin Yin: ci shi
Common name: magnetite
Botanical family: (mineral)
Primary action: Calm Spirit
Temperature: cold
Taste: acrid, salty
Entering Channel: Kd, Lv, [Lu, Ht]
Actions:
Calms and sedates the Spirit; especially useful in insomnia, agitation, tremors, and convulsions associated with rising Liver Yang of Liver Yin Vacuity.
Calms the Liver and descends the rising Liver Yang associated with Yin Vacuity; used for vexation, dizziness, vertigo, and tinnitus and blurred vision.
Assists the Kidneys in grasping Lung Qi; used to relieve asthma associated with Kidney Qi Vacuity.
(See
Liver Yang Rising (Ascending);
Kidneys not Grasping Lung Qi
.)
Dosage:
3-10 qian.
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