INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Calculus Macacae Mulattae
Common English:	Rhesus Macaque Bezoar Macaque Stone Monkey Beozar

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter Salty	Cold	Heart Lung Liver Gall Bladder	Powder: 0.3-1g

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Dislodges Phlegm, cools Heat, extinguishes Wind, calms fright, settles convulsions, calms asthma and resolves toxicity

Phlegm-Fire Clogging the Lungs, coughing, wheezing, sore throat and pharyngitis

Liver Wind Stirring Internally with convulsions, epilepsy, childhood convulsions

Phlegm Confusing the Heart Orifices

Wind-Stroke

Clears Heat, Resolves toxicity, calms wheezing, transforms Phlegm, resolves swelling and softens hardness

Scrofula, Phlegm nodules, carbuncles and suppurating sores due to Phlegm-Fire

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Cornu Saigae Tataricae Ling Yang Jiao Lapis Chloriti Qing Meng Shi Concretio Bambusae Silicea Tian Zhu Huang	Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen Spica Prunellae Xia Ku Cao
Severe problems due to Phlegm-Heat	Scrofula

This herb is considered sage-like in its ability to clear Phlegm-Heat.
It is now considered an obsolete substance.
It is usually not used in decoction, but as a stand-alone herb, as a powder, taken internally or mixed with vinegar and applied topically.
Both this herb and Calculus Bovis Niu Huang are beozar. Their properties are similar. Both dislodge Phlegm, control spasms, cool Heat and resolve toxicity. The primary action of this herb is dislodging Phlegm, while that of Niu Huang is superior at controlling spasms, cooling Heat and resolving toxicity. It also cools the Blood and opens the Orifices.