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Costazia bone (Haifushi)
Pharmaceutical Name: Pumice; Pumex
Zoological Name: Costazia aculeata Canu
et Bassler
Common Name: Pumice, Costazia bone
Source of Earliest Record: Rihuazi Bencao
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The dried bone is collected
from Costazia Sp.
Properties & Taste: Salty and cold
Meridian: Lung
Functions:
1. To clear heat in the lungs and resolve
phlegm;
2. To soften hardness and release nodules
Indications & Combinations:
1. Phlegm-heat cough manifested as cough with
yellow, sticky and thick sputum or sputum
difficult to expectorate. Costazia bone (Haifushi)
is used with Sea clam shell (Haigeqiao), Trichosanthes
fruit (Gualou), Capejasmine (Zhizi) and Natural
indigo (Qingdai).
2. Scrofula and goiter caused by phlegm
and qi accumulation. Costazia bone (Haifushi)
is used with Oyster shell (Muli), Tendrilled
fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu), Scrophularia
(Xuanshen) and Laminaria (Kunbu).
Dosage: 6-10 g |
