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Bluestone

Bluestone. Class: Vomiting promotion. Properties: Cold; Pungent; Sour. Meridians: Liver; Gallbladder

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Dan Fan
中文名 (Chinese)
胆矾
Latin Name
Chalcanthitum
English Name
Bluestone
Alias Names
石胆毕石君石黑石铜勒立制石石液基石制石液胆子矾鸭嘴胆矾翠胆矾蓝矾
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Cold; Pungent; Sour
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Gallbladder
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Vomiting promotion
功效分类 (CN)
涌吐
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
Induce vomiting. for eye diseases of wind-heat type such as conjunctivitis and blepharitis, its decoction is used for eye wash, for aphthae and ulcerative gingivitis, used with catechu and rhizoma picrorhizae as powder for topical application, for unruptured abscess and pterygium, used as powder for external use.
Indication (主治)
Induce vomiting. for eye diseases of wind-heat type such as conjunctivitis and blepharitis, its decoction is used for eye wash, for aphthae and ulcerative gingivitis, used with catechu and rhizoma picrorhizae as powder for topical application, for unruptu
Toxicity
Extremely toxic
🔗 External References
TCMID
7515
TCM-ID
398