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Chi Shi Zhi

Also Known As:
Argilla, Bolus Alba, China Clay, Heavy Kaolin, Light Kaolin, Porcelain Clay, White Bole. Hydrated aluminum silicate.

Chi Shi Zhi        Properties: SWEET, SOUR, ASTRINGENT  - WARM         Dosage: 9 – 30g.

Halloysite                      Meridian: SPLEEN, STOMACH, LARGE INTESTINE

(Kaolin)            

                    -binds intestines, stop cold diarrhea – cold diarrhea with mucus and blood

                    -contain blood, stop bleeding – uterine bleeding, excess menses, prolapse

                      -promotes healing of wounds, chronic ulcers, topically for weeping sores

Also Used For

Orally, Chi Shi Zhi / Kaolin is used for mild to moderate acute diarrhea, cholera, enteritis, and dysentery.
Topically, Chi Shi Zhi / Kaolin is used as a poultice, dusting powder, drying agent, and emollient.
In combination products, Chi shi Zhi / Kaolin is used for symptomatic diarrhea control, in relief of radiation-induced mucositis, in the treatment of chronic ulcerative colitis, and to treat spontaneous pneumothorax.
Diagnostic uses of kaolin include, as a contrast media agent (C,D), automated testing for activated coagulation time (ACT), serodiagnosis of tuberculosis, and the kaolin agglutination test (KAT).
In manufacturing, kaolin is used as a diluent in tablet preparation, and a filtering or decolorizing agent.
Kaolin is also a food additive.

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