Red
Halloysite
(chi shi zhi)
Halloysitum
Rubrum
Properties:
Sweat, astringent and sour in flavour, neutral in nature,
it is tropistic to the large intestine and stomach
channels. Being sweat and astringent in flavour and
neutral in nature, it functions specifically in astringing
mainly for the bowel to stop diarrhea; and also is used
for hemostasis and promoting tissue regeneration and wound
healing, to treat deficiency of Qi and chronic diarrhea,
hemafesia in deficiency-cold syndrome, metrorrhagia and
metrostaxis of women as well as ruptured abscess resistant
to healing, etc.
Effects:
Astringing intestines to arrest diarrhea, stopping
bleeding, and promoting tissue regeneration and wound
healing.
Indications:
1. For chronic
diarrhea due to spleen deficiency, or diarrhea and
dysentery in the type of deficiency cold , it is often used
with herbs for replenishing Qi to invigorate the spleen,
and warming Yang to arrest diarrhea, such as Radix Codonopsis
Pilosulae, Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae, Rhiaoma
Zingiberis and Fructus Psoraleae.
2. For deficiency
of Chong and Ren Meridians with metrorrhagia, metrostaxis
and leucorrhagia, it is used with drugs for curing
metrorrhagia and leukorrhagia, such as Os Sepiella seu
Sepiae, Calicined Os Draconis Fossilia Ossis Mastodi,
Semen Euryales, Rhizoma Dioscoreae, etc.
Dosage
and Administration:
10-20g, used in bolus or powder; appropriate amount for
external use.
