Talc Talcum (Talcum)
Medicines that promote diuresis and relieve stranguryCold
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Traditional recorded function
Promote urination and treat strangury, Clear heat and relieve summerheat, eliminate dampness and astringe sores
1. Heat strangury and stone strangury. 2. Summerheat with restlessness and thirst; early stage of damp-warmth. 3. Astringes dampness and promotes healing of sores.
Nature & taste
SweetBlandCold
Meridians entered
StomachBladder
Classical source
Top grade《神農本草經》
味甘寒。主治身熱泄澼，女子乳難，癃閉。利小便，蕩胃中積聚寒熱，益精氣。久服輕身、耐饑，長年。生赭陽山谷。
Herbal properties
ColdDescendingDispersingDrying
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