INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Magnetitum |
| Common English: | Magnetite Lodestone |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Acrid Salty |
Cold |
Kidney Liver (Heart) (Lung) |
10-30g Powder or pills: 1-3g |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Anchors Liver Yang and calms the Spirit |
Agitated Heart and Spirit with restlessness, palpitations, insomnia, tremors, dizziness and vertigo in patients with Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising, especially Kidney Rising, especially when Kidney Yin Deficiency leads to Liver Fire that deranges and disturbs the Spirit Convulsions in children caused by shock or fear |
Benefits Yin, nourishes the Kidneys, augments the Liver and improves hearing and vision |
Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency with impaired hearing or deafness, tinnitus or visual disturbances |
Aids the Kidneys in grasping Qi |
Chronic asthma due to Kidneys Unable to Grasp Qi |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
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HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
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Diminished visual acuity, as in cataracts, usually accompanied by irritability, due to Kidney and Liver Yin Deficiency. |
Dizziness and vertigo associated with Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising. |
Anemia, palpitations and insomnia. |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
Rx. Angelicae Sinensis |
Rx. Achyranthis Bidentatae |
Pronounced Yin Deficiency. |
Ascendant Heat. |
Dizziness, heaviness in the head, flushed face and palpitations due to Yin Deficiency with Yang Rising. |
Concha Haliotidis |
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata |
Fr. Lycii |
Dizziness, vertigo and a bad temper due to Liver Yang Rising. |
Tinnitus or impaired hearing. |
Diminished vision due to Liver and Kidney Deficiency. |
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata or Flos Chrysanthemi |
Haematitum |
Cinnabaris |
Cataracts and other retinal problems. |
Chronic coughing and wheezing due to inability of the Kidneys to grasp Qi. |
Strongly sedates and calms to contain Floating Yang and prevent Heart Fire from attacking upward. Augments the Yin to reestablish communication between the Heart and Kidneys. Shen disturbance with palpitations, insomnia, irritability or epilepsy. |
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata |
Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata |
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Blurred vision due to cataracts and disorders of the optic nerve or retina. |
Respiratory difficulties. |
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- All mineral substances are toxic except for Ci Shi which approaches harmony.
- This herb protects the True Yin.
- This herb often serves as the Chief herb because of its ability to descend to the lower body, nourish the Kidneys, augment Jing and Blood and suppress and contain floating Yang.
- Both Ci Shi and Haematitum Dai Zhe Shi are heavy substances that anchor the Yang, sedate fright and quiet the Spirit. Ci Shi protects the True Yin and is best used when the True Yin is deficient in the lower body, allowing Yang to float up. Dai Zhe Shi suppresses and descends Qi to clear and descend Liver Fire. It is used for treating Liver Yang rising, with dizziness, headaches and tinnitus, to sedate fright and to stop nausea, vomiting and wheezing. It also cools the Liver Blood to stop bleeding.
- Calcined Magnetite Duan Ci Shi is easier to pulverize and is stronger at tonifying the Kidneys, grasping Qi and improving hearing and vision. Its sedating qualities are less. It treats tinnitus, deafness, blurred vision, cataracts, wheezing from Kidney Deficiency and spermatorrhea.
- Floating Magnetite Fei Ci Shi has any amounts of arsenic removed.