INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: XI SHA (LU SHA, NAO SHA) - 硒砂 - SALMIACUM

Pharmaceutical Latin: Salmiacum
Common English: Salmonite
Halite
Sal Ammoniac

CATEGORY

Herbs for Topical Application

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Salty
Bitter
Warm
Liver
Spleen
Stomach
0.1g-1g for oral intake

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Disperses Accumulation and stagnant Blood

Abdominal mass, dysphagia, amenorrhea, pharyngeal blockage

Resolves Phlegm, promotes diuresis, softens hardness and removes film

Regurgitation of Phlegm and Fluid, cough, chronic diarrhea, sharply circumscribed and chronic lesions of the skin or mucosa (nevus)

Topically for obstructed vision, bulging flesh, nasal polyp, facial polyp, warts, furuncle, carbuncle

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES

  1. This herb increases peristalsis and digestive secretions.
  2. It inhibits the growth of cancer cells.
  3. For a chronic abdominal mass, dry-fry 60g of Xi Sha in vinegar and mix with three pieces of Fr. Chaenomelis Mu Gua sun-dried until it breaks up. Grind into a powder and mix with 5 liters of millet vinegar. Mix with honey and powdered Rz. Cyperi Xiang Fu and make small pills. Take one pill at a time with wine.
  4. It is said that pills containing Xi Sha, Sulfur Liu Huang and Hydrargyrum Qing Fen cure chronic abdominal mass instantly.
  5. Perineal carbuncle and malignant swelling can be treated by wrapping 0.25kg of this herb in silk and sucking on it.