INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Haematitum |
| Common English: | Hematite |
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Bitter |
Cold |
Heart Liver Pericardium |
9-30g Calcined: 6-15g Pills and Powders: 1-3g |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Calms the Liver, anchors Floating Yang and clears Liver Fire |
Liver Yang Rising with dizziness, vertigo, headache, a sensation of pressure around the eyes or tinnitus |
Strongly descends rebellious Qi |
Rebellious Qi of the Lung and Stomach with belching, vomiting, hiccup, dyspnea and acute wheezing |
Cools the Blood and stops bleeding |
Blood Heat bleeding, hematemesis, epistaxis, hemafecia Deficiency Cold bleeding (with appropriate combinations) (can be used alone for this) |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
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HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Concha Margaritaferae Usta |
Cornu Saigae Tataricae |
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Dizziness, vertigo, headache and tinnitus due to Liver Yang Rising. |
Hypertension with either Liver Yang Rising or Liver Fire. |
Acute febrile convulsions in children. |
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum |
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum |
Rx. Gentianae |
Vomiting, hiccup and belching due to rebellious Qi. Wheezing and the after effects of an acute asthma attack. |
Coughing and wheezing from Lung Heat. |
Vomiting due to Gallbladder Fire Assaulting the Stomach. |
Rx. Codonopsis |
Rx. Codonopsis |
Rx. Paeoniae Alba |
Wheezing and difficult breathing due to Lung and Kidney Deficiency. |
Wheezing from Yin and Yang Deficiency. |
Epistaxis or hematemesis due to Blood Heat. |
Limonitum |
Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Continuous uterine bleeding of purple or dark blood due to Cold from Deficiency of the Chong and Ren channels. |
Epistaxis due to Deficiency Cold. |
Hematemesis or hemoptysis due to Blood Heat in patterns of disharmony between the Liver and Stomach with accompanying rebellious Stomach Qi. |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Fossilia Ossis Mastodi |
Rx. Scutellariae |
Hematemesis or hemoptysis due to Blood Heat in patterns of disharmony between the Liver and Stomach with accompanying rebellious Stomach Qi and the main symptom being coughing indicating Lung involvement. |
Hypertension with irritability, dizziness and constipation. |
Anger, irritability, headache and insomnia. |
Rz. Pinelliae Preparatum |
Rx. Rehmanniae |
Rx. Asteris |
Nausea due to Cold. |
Hematemesis and epistaxis. |
Hemoptysis. |
Halloysitum Rubrum |
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Chronic uterine bleeding and dizziness. |
With calcined (Duan) Dai Zhe Shi, for hematochezia. |
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- Some researchers have found arsenic salts in some samples of this substance which may account for signs of toxicity including slowness of movement, paroxysmal spasms progressing to paralysis and respiratory arrest.
- This herb is not often used but is valuable in the treatment of reflux Qi and severe nervousness.
- This herb may replace other more toxic minerals such as Cinnabaris Zhu Sha.
- Even though this herb is in the Extinguish Wind and Stop Tremors category, this is not listed by Bensky as one of its functions. other sources do say that it does extinguish Wind.
- Both Dai Zhe Shi and Flos Inulae Xuan Fu Hua descend rebellious Lung and Stomach Qi to stop nausea, vomiting and wheezing. It also sedates the Liver Yang, cools the Blood and stops bleeding. Dai Zhe Shi uses its heaviness to sink rebellious Qi and its bitter Coldness to cool Liver Fire. Xuan Fu Hua uses its saltiness to soften hardened areas of clumped Phlegm, which are then dispersed by its warm acridity and descended by its bitterness. It is most appropriate when clumped Phlegm obstructs the ascending and descending flow of Qi, leading to nausea, vomiting and wheezing.
- Both Dai Zhe Shi and Lapis Chloriti Qing Meng Shi are heavy metal with a sinking nature, both pacify the Liver, sedate convulsions, descend rebellious Qi and scour out Phlegm. Dai Zhe Shi is bitter, sweet and neutral. It mobilizes Qi pathways, enters the Blood level and is very effective at suppressing rebellious Qi in the Chong channel, extinguishing Liver Wind, cooling the Blood and stopping bleeding. It is valued for sedating the Liver and descending rebellious Qi. Qing Meng Shi is more intense. It is salty and specifically mobilizes the digestive tract, clearing Phlegm and Food Stagnation. By removing the source of Food Stagnation, it can clear the Lungs, Liver and Stomach.
- Both Dai Zhe and Magnetitum Shi Ci 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 Hematite Duan Dai Zhe Shi is less cold and bitter and better able to restrain, inhibit and stop bleeding. It is most often used to treat epistaxis, hematemesis and continuous uterine bleeding.