Gypsum powder generally refers to raw gypsum and is usually not harmful if used as prescribed by a doctor. However, it should be noted that gypsum is not to be consumed directly. It needs to be added to the decoction. The drug should be used according to the doctor’s advice, not self-medication.
According to Chinese medicine, raw gypsum is sweet, pungent, cold, belonging to the lungs, stomach meridian; has the effect of clearing heat and fire (clearing the body of heat and fire), removing annoyance and quenching thirst, and is used for the treatment of exogenous fever, high fever and thirst, cough and wheezing, lung fever, gastric hyperthermia, headache, toothache.
However, gypsum is very cold in nature, and it will aggravate the original discomfort when used by people with cold spleen and stomach (mainly manifested as coldness, edema, lack of warmth of limbs, diarrhea, abdominal pain, etc.), as well as yin deficiency and internal heat (mainly manifested as afternoon flashes of heat, night fever, and heat of hands and feet and heart), and so it is not suitable to be used.
If you need to take gypsum to cure or regulate your body, it is recommended that you take it under the guidance of a doctor to avoid the risk of medication.