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Ci Shi / Magnetite, powdered
Ci Shi
Taste: Acrid, Salty • Temperature: Cold • Category: Calm Shen • Sub Category: Anchor & Settle Shen

Dosage

9-30g

Actions

1. Anchors & calms the spirit: for restlessness, palpitations, insomnia, or tremors, especially in patients with yin deficiency & ascendant yang. Also used for dizziness or vertigo in patients with similar patterns. Another application is convulsions in children caused by fear.

2. Nourishes the Kidneys, auguments the Liver, & improves hearing & vision: for impaired hearing or deafness, tinnitis, or visual disturbances due to Liver & Kidney deficiency.

3. Aids the Kidneys in grasping the qi: for chronic asthma due to the Kidneys' failure to grasp the qi.

Meridians

Kidney, Liver

Cautions

Use with caution in cases of weak Spleen or Stomach. May antagonize Mu Dan Pi.