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Mirabilite|Glauber’s Salt

Latin Pharmaceutical Name

Natrii Sulfas

Chinese Name

芒硝

Category

Minerals

Mirabilite|Glauber’s SaltMore Info

Production Regions

Produced in most areas of China.

Macroscopic Features

Single crystal system, crystal is short cylindrical or needle-like; often in dense lumps or fiber-like clusters. Colorless or white, glass-like and lustrous, intact surface cleavage, 1.5~2 mohs hardness, density 1.48. Tastes clear and cool, slightly bitter and salty, very easily becomes liquid after absorbing moisture; in dry air, it gradually loses water to become anhydrous mang xiao. Ridged-cylindrical, rectangular or irregular lumps and granules. Colorless translucent or off-white translucent. Brittle texture, easily crushed, fractured surface is spotted and lustrous. faint odor, salty taste.

Quality Requirements

Superior medicinal material has crystal lumps, colorless translucent color.

Properties

Salty, bitter, cold.

Functions

Breaks distention, warms middle, digests food, drains water, moderates diarrhea. Apply to abdominal fullness, food retention, indigestion, edema, mammary swelling, amenorrhea, constipation.

Origin

The refined crystals made from mirabilite, primarily consisting of Na2SO4•10H2O.

Mirabilite|Glauber’s SaltHerbs in the formula

Turtle Shell Decocted Pill

Action：Moves qi, invigorates blood, dispels dampness, dissolves phlegm, softens hardness, and disperses concretions.

Indication：Bie Jia Jian Wan is indicated for chronic malaria with masses below the costal region and abdominal masses. Long-lasting malaria causes masses to gather underneath the costal region. It is called chronic malaria with masses. Symptoms include: Masses underneath the costal region that stay firm when pushed, abdominal pain, weak muscles, decreased appetite, occasional cold or fever, and inhibited menses.

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Spleen-Warming Decoction

Action：Expels cold accumulation through purgation, warms and supplements spleen yang.

Indication：Wen Pi Tang is indicated for cold accumulation due to yang deficiency. Symptoms are abdominal pain and constipation, unstoppable colic around umbilicus, cold hands and feet, a white tongue coating with no thirst, and a deep wiry, slow pulse.

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Yellow Dragon Decoction

Action：Purges by promoting defecation, supplements qi and nourishes the blood.

Indication：This formula may be prescribed for yangming bowel excess with deficiency of qi and blood. This pattern is characterized by either the discharge of clear, watery stool that is pure green or constipation. There is stomach cavity and abdominal distention and pain which refuses pressure, fever, thirst, mental fatigue, shortness of breath, delirious speech, picking at their pajamas, teasing air as if arranging thread, unconsciousness, reversal counterflow cold of the four limbs, a dry yellow or dry black tongue coating, and a weak pulse.

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Diaphragm-Cooling Powder

Action：Drains fire, promotes defecation, clears heat from the upper, and discharges heat through the purgative method.

Indication：This formula is indicated for the heat that has been generated from the constraint of pathogens in the upper jiao and middle jiao. The symptoms are vexing heat in the chest and diaphragm, red complexion, parched lips, vexation and agitation, thirst, mouth and tongue sores, restless sleep, delirium, pharyngeal pain, spitting of blood, nosebleed, constipation, dark urine, and incomplete defecation. The tongue is red with a yellow coating, and the pulse is slippery and rapid.

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Peach Kernel Qi-Guiding Decoction

Action：Breaks up blood and expels stasis through purgation.

Indication：Tao He Cheng Qi Tang is indicated for patterns of blood amassment in the lower jiao. The symptoms are distension and spasmodic pain in the lower abdomen, normal urination, fever at night, menstrual block due to blood stasis, and painful menstruation; there may even be delirium, dysphoria, and mania. The pulse will be deep and excessive or choppy.

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Rhubarb and Cortex Moutan Decoction

Action：Drains heat, breaks up stasis, dissipates masses, and relieves swollen sores.

Indication：Da Huang Mu Dan Tang is indicated for the initial stage of intestinal abscess caused by the stagnation of dampness, heat, and blood stasis. The symptoms are pain which refuses pressure in the right lesser abdomen (lateral aspects of the lower abdomen), pain that can be as severe as strangury or even accompanied with swollen mass in the right lesser abdomen, bent right foot which cannot stretch otherwise the pain being worsened, normal urination, frequent fever, spontaneous sweating, and aversion to cold. The tongue coating is thin, greasy, and yellow. The pulse is slippery and rapid.

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Major Chest Draining Decoction

Action：Drains heat and expels water through purgation.

Indication：Da Xian Xiong Tang is indicated for thoracic accumulation caused by the binding of water and heat. The symptoms are pain that refuses pressure below heart, hardness in the diseased location, or there is a full, hard, and painful region below the heart and above the lesser abdomen and touching is not tolerated. Other accompanying symptoms are shortness of breath, vexation, constipation, and mild tidal fever in the afternoon. The tongue is red with a yellow greasy or watery coating, and the pulse is deep and tight or deep, slow, and powerful.

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Major Purgative Decoction

Action：Drastically purges heat accumulation.

Indication：1. Excess heat in the yangming fu-organs. The symptoms are constipation with frequent flatulence, gastric stuffiness and abdominal fullness, abdominal pain that feels worse with pressure, and the abdomen is tense and firm when pressed. In severe cases, there may be tidal fever, delirious speech, and profuse sweating from the palms and soles. The tongue coating is dry and yellow with prickles, or dry and parched black with cracks. The pulse is deep and excessive.

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