Pumex
April 6, 2009 by Jack
Name: Pumex
Resource: The rock from the volcano eruption or the skeleton of Costazia aculeata Canu et Bassler,family Celle
Characteristic: Volcano Rock:Irregular masses,1-7 cm in diameter,surface coarse,grey-white to grey-yellow-brown,occasionally reddish,with pores of unequal sizes.Light in texture,floating on the water.Skeleton:Irregular masses,branching like corals,1-4 cm long,grey-white to greyyellow,surface with small pores,floating on the water.Both are sour in taste,mild in nature,and attributive to lung channel.
Pharmacodynamics: 1.Clear away lung-heat and eliminate phlegm:For cough of phlegm-heat type with yellow and thick sputum,or chronic cough of lung-heat type with bloody sputum. 2.Soften and disperse the lumps:For subcutaneous nodule and scrofula. 3.Promote diuresis and relieve stranguria:For stranguria caused by urinary stone.
Pharmacological:
Usage: Decoction:6-9g.
Caution:
