The efficacy and function of gypsum

Gypsum is a common item in our lives. It has many therapeutic effects. For example, for fractures, doctors usually put plaster on patients. So what are the effects and functions of plaster? Let you read the following content yourself. I believe that after reading this article, your understanding of the article will be elevated to another level, allowing you to correctly utilize the effects and functions of gypsum.

Gypsum is a white substance that is relatively viscous. For some patients recovering from fractures, it is a relatively good prescription. It can not only restore the symptoms of fractures, but also will not cause harm to our human body. Therefore, it is widely used.

It is a long block or irregular fibrous crystal aggregate of varying sizes. The whole body is white to grayish white. The upper and lower surfaces of large pieces are flat, without any luster or texture. It is heavy and loose in texture, easy to break into small pieces, with a fibrous texture in the longitudinal section and a silky luster. Odorless, light taste. The best ones are large, white, loose, fibrous and free of stones. When burned, the flame turns it into a light reddish yellow color, and it can melt into white magnetic alkaline balls. When fired to 120℃, it loses some of its crystal water and becomes white powder or block-like tender gypsum.

Prescription effect

1. Gypsum is used to treat the symptoms of Sanyang syndrome, such as fullness of abdomen, heaviness of body, difficulty in turning, numbness of mouth, dirty face, delirium, enuresis, and delirium when sweating. When the stool is taken, sweating on the forehead and cold hands and feet occur. If sweating occurs spontaneously, take 6 liang of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, 1 jin of Gypsum (crushed), 2 liang of Roasted Licorice, 6 he of Polished Rice. Boil the above four ingredients with 1 liter of water until the rice is cooked, and remove the dregs. Take 1 liter of warm soup three times a day. (Baihu Decoction in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases").

2. Gypsum should not be used to treat Taiyin febrile disease. If sweating does not occur, macules will occur. Excessive sweating will lead to coma and delirium. For those with macules: 50g of gypsum, 20g of Anemarrhena asphodeloides, 15g of raw licorice, 15g of Scrophularia ningpoensis, 10g of rhinoceros horn, and one cup of white glutinous rice. Boil eight cups of water and take three cups three times a day. Boil the residue for one hour and take it at night. (Hua Ban Tang in "Treatise on Febrile Diseases").

3. Gypsum is used to treat the initial stage of febrile disease with a floating and powerful pulse and a strong body fever. It can also be used to treat the initial stage of a cold when the body does not feel cold but the heart feels hot: 200 grams of raw gypsum (crushed into fine pieces) and 250 grams of raw glutinous rice. Use three bowls of water to boil the above two ingredients until the rice is cooked, and you can get about two bowls of clear juice. Drink as much as you can while it is hot to make the whole body sweat. All diseases can be cured. If the Yangming intestinal heat is already strong, there is no need to drink it all at once while it is hot. You can drink it slowly and warm to eliminate the heat. (Gypsum and glutinous rice soup in "Zhong Zhong Can Xi Lu").

4. Gypsum is used to treat Yangming internal heat, thirst, headache, constipation, yellow spots due to epidemic diseases, hot phlegm, asthma and cough due to heat: 300 grams of gypsum (raw) and 50 grams of powdered licorice. Grind the above into very fine powder and take 5-15 grams each time with freshly drawn water, or hot soup, or ginseng soup. Adding 15 grams of cinnabar to this recipe is also effective. (Yuquan Powder from Jingyue Complete Works).

5. Gypsum is used to treat typhoid fever, fever, salivation, upper cold, retention of Yang meridians, headache, and dizziness that are unbearable: Gypsum (calcinated and ground into fine powder), 10 grams each time, taken with green onion and tea. The amount can be adjusted according to the size of the child. (Yuxie Powder in "Sanyin Fang").

6. Gypsum is used to treat children's cold and convulsions, headache, high fever, salivation, palpitations, crying, rough breathing, irritability, and qi stagnation and obstruction of the diaphragm: 50 grams each of gypsum and cold water stone, half a word of musk. Grind the above into powder and mix with rush soup. Take it in different doses. (Puji Fang Hongtao powder).

Gypsum has a variety of functions and effects. We should choose the right plaster according to the patient's condition, which will play a great role in the patient's recovery. In life, we should have some treatments for common diseases, which can help us better control the deterioration of the disease. Therefore, I hope that everyone can learn more about some methods of treating diseases when they have time.