Limonite (YU YU LIANG)
Limonitum
Pharmaceutical Name:
Limonitum
Common Name:
Limonite
Part Used:
This mineral is an iron ore that occurs mainly in the provinces of Zhe Jiang and Guang Dong. It is broken into pieces and calcined for use.
Properties Taste & Meridians:
Sweet and sour in flavor, neutral in property, acts on the Stomach and Large Intestine channels.
Functions:
Astringes the Intestine to stop diarrhea, stops bleeding.
Indications & Combinations:
1. For chronic diarrhea and chronic dysentery, it is used with Rhizoma Atractylodis Macrocephalae (Bai Zhu), Fructus Psoraleae (Bu Gu Zhi), and Radix Glycyrrhizae Uralensis (Gan Cao).
2. For metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, it is used with Os Sepiae seu Sepiellae (Hai Piao Xiao) and Concha Ostreae (Mu Li ). For abnormal leukorrhea, it is used with Rhizoma Zingiberis (Gan Jiang).
Dosage and administration:
10–20 g, decocted in water taken internally.
Precautions:
