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Hua Shi - Talcum
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 Pin Yin
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Hua Shi
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Talcum
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| Introduction |
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Talc Powder is a powder prepared from Talc by sorting, cleaning, pulverizing and drying.
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| Western medical |
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Talcum is indicated in the treatment of reflux esophagitis, stranguaria due to Heat, summer-Heat, body onload="highlight();" odor, skin diseases such as eczema, heat rash, and hemorrhoids, etc..
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| Eastern medical |
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- Pattern: Induces diuresis, treats stranguria, clears Heat and relieves Summer-Heat.
- Properties: Sweet, cold.
- Channels entered: Bladder, Lung and Stomach.
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| Chemical constituents |
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Talcum mainly contains Mg3(Si4O10(OH)2) or 3MgO.4SiO2.H2O. It also contains Al2O3.
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| Pharmacological actions |
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| Miscellaneous effects |
hua shi could protect the skin and mucous membrane. After oral administration, hua shi could protect the intestinal canal and had anti-inflammatory, anti-diarrhea effect. It coud prevent the toxin absorption in the gastrointestinal tract. Its decoction had inhibitory effect on typhoid bacillus, bacillus paratyphosus and staphylococcus aureus, etc.. |
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| Clinical Studies |
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| Reflux esophagitis |
hua shi, huang lian, sheng gan cao, zhi ke and chen pi were grounded into fine powder in the proportion of 6:1:1:2:2. 3g each time, taken with decoction of 10 pieces of da zao. Three times daily, 4 weeks as a course of treatment. 27 out of 30 treated cases of reflux esophagitis were effective. |
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| References |
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Except those noted, all references come from Weng Weiliang, et al., Clinical Chinese materia medica, Henan Science & Technology Press, 1998 |
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