HERB FORMULAS
| English: | Three Minerals Decoction |
| Also Known As: | Three Stones Decoction |
Pharmaceutical Latin |
Pin Yin |
Dosage |
Actions |
| Talcum | Hua Shi | 9g | Releases Summeheat and resolves Dampness. |
| Gypsum Fibrosum | Shi Gao | 15g | Clears Heat in the Qi Stage, drains Fire, relieves irritability and quenches thirst. |
| Glauberitum | Han Shui Shi | 9g | Expels Summerheat. With Hua Shi and Shi Gao, for Summerheat with high fever, thirst and irritability. |
| Sm. Armeniacae | Xing Ren | 9g | Stops cough, calms wheezing, moistens the Intestines and unblocks bowels. |
| Caul. Bambusae in Taeniam | Zhu Ru | 6g | Clears Heat and transforms Hot Phlegm. |
| Flos Lonicerae | Jin Yin Hua | 9g | Clears Heat, resolves Fire toxicity, vents and disperses External Wind-Heat and clears Damp-Heat from the Lower Jiao. |
| Succinum Faecalis Aureus * | Jin Zhi | one wine glass | Strongly clears Heat and resolves toxicity, |
| (Fol. Isatidis) | (Da Qing Ye) | (9-30g) | (May substitute for Jin Zhi.) |
| (Rz. Coptidis) | (Huang Lian) | (1.5-10g) | (May substitute for Jin Zhi.) |
| Medulla Tetrapanacis | Tong Cao | 6g | Promotes urination, resolves Dampness and clears Heat. |
- Clears Heat (with acrid cooling herbs)
- Transforms turbidity (with aromatic herbs)
- Qi-Stage Summerheat and Warm pathogen disorders with Heat Flooding the San Jiao
- Phlegm-Heat
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| CONTRAINDICATIONS |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
- Serve warm.
- * Succinum Faecalis Aureus Jin Zhi, is made by putting loose human stool in a clay pot and sealing it. It is then buried for three years and consumed. This substance is the clear water in the clay pot. At present it is not used.