Pharmaceutical
Name:
Cinnabaris
Common
Name:
Cinnabar
Part
Used:
This is a mineral sulfide of cinnabar
that contains mainly mercuric sulfide
(HgS). Found in the provinces of Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan, it
is mined and broken into pieces, purified,
then ground with water into a very fine
powder.
Properties Taste & Meridians:
Sweet in flavor, cold in
property, toxic, acts on the Heart channel.
Functions:
Tranquilizes the Mind and
clears Heat and toxins.
Indications
& Combinations:
1. For restlessness, feverish sensations in the chest, palpitations,
insomnia, and dream-disturbed sleep, it is used with herbs that clear away
Heart Heat, such as Rhizoma Coptidis (Huang Lian), Radix Glycyrrhizae
Uralensis (Gan Cao), Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Dang Gui), and
Radix Rehmanniae (Sheng Di Huang) in “The Cinnabaris Sedative
Bolus” (Zhu Sha An Shen Wan). For palpitations and insomnia due to Blood
Deficiency,
it is used with Radix Angelicae Sinensis (Dang Gui ), Semen Platycladi (Bai
Zi Ren), and Semen Ziziphi Spinosae (Suan Zao Ren). For epilepsy, it
is used with Magnetitum (Ci Shi) and Massa Fermentata Medicinalis (Shen
Qu) in “The Magnetitum and Cinnabaris Pill” (Ci Zhu Wan).
2. For sores, carbuncles, and other skin diseases, it is used with
Realgar (Xiong Huang). For sore throat and canker sores of the mouth and
tongue, it is used externally with Borneolum Syntheticum (Bing Pian)
and Borax (Peng Sha).
Dosage and administration:
0.3–1 g, ground into a powder
and infused for an oral dose, or used in pill or powder form. Appropriate amount
for external use.
Precautions:
Not to be used for a long time
or in large doses. It should be given cautiously to patients with abnormal Liver
or Kidney functions.
1 Comment:
It shouldn't be used at all. Mercury is far too poisonous and there are no documented positive effects while there are ample examples of the negative effects.
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