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赤石脂
Chi Shi Zhi	Halloysite (Kaolin)

Properties:	Sweet - Sour - Astr. - Warm
Meridians:	SP - Yangming [ST - LI]

Names:

Argilla, Bolus Alba, China Clay, Heavy Kaolin, Light Kaolin, Porcelain Clay, White Bole. Hydrated aluminum silicate.

Properties:

binds intestines, stop cold diarrhea – cold diarrhea with mucus and blood

contain blood, stop bleeding – uterine bleeding, excess menses, prolapse

promotes healing of wounds, chronic ulcers, topically for weeping sores

Also Used For

Orally, Chi Shi Zhi / Kaolin is used for mild to moderate acute diarrhea, cholera, enteritis, and dysentery.

Topically, Chi Shi Zhi / Kaolin is used as a poultice, dusting powder, drying agent, and emollient.

In combination products, Chi shi Zhi / Kaolin is used for symptomatic diarrhea control, in relief of radiation-induced mucositis, in the treatment of chronic ulcerative colitis, and to treat spontaneous pneumothorax.

Diagnostic uses of kaolin include, as a contrast media agent (C,D), automated testing for activated coagulation time (ACT), serodiagnosis of tuberculosis, and the kaolin agglutination test (KAT).

In manufacturing, kaolin is used as a diluent in tablet preparation, and a filtering or decolorizing agent.

Kaolin is also a food additive.

Dosage: 9 – 30g.

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