Limonite (YU YU LIANG)
Pharmaceutical
Name:
Limonitum
Common
Name:
Limonite
Part
Used:
This mineral is an iron ore
that occurs mainly in the provinces of Zhe Jiang and Guang Dong. It is broken
into pieces and calcined for use.
Properties Taste & Meridians:
Sweet and sour in flavor, neutral in
property, acts on the Stomach and Large Intestine channels.
Functions:
Astringes the Intestine to stop
diarrhea, stops bleeding.
Indications
& Combinations:
1. For chronic diarrhea and
chronic dysentery, it is used with Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Bai
Zhu), Fructus Psoraleae (Bu Gu Zhi), and Radix Glycyrrhizae
Uralensis (Gan Cao).
2. For metrorrhagia and
metrostaxis, it is used with Os Sepiae seu Sepiellae (Hai Piao Xiao) and
Concha Ostreae (Mu Li ). For abnormal leukorrhea, it is used with
Rhizoma Zingiberis (Gan Jiang).
Dosage and administration:
10–20 g, decocted in water
taken internally.
Precautions:
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