Gypsum is a mineral gypsum with a hard texture, which can be decocted for 30 minutes to fully precipitate the active ingredients in the medicine.
Gypsum is a sulfate mineral gypsum group gypsum, which is cold in nature, sweet and pungent in taste, and belongs to the lung and stomach meridians. The efficacy of Gypsum is to remove vexation and quench thirst, clear heat and diarrhea. It can be used if the patient has symptoms such as asthma and cough due to lung heat, hyperactive stomach fire, exogenous fever (illnesses caused by feeling warmth and heat, e.g. influenza), high fever and thirst, headache and toothache.
Because of its hard texture, gypsum should be decocted first, so as to facilitate the complete precipitation of the ingredients in the drug, to play its efficacy, the specific first decoction for how long can follow the doctor’s instructions. The adverse effects of gypsum are not clear. Note that where there is weakness of the spleen and stomach and blood deficiency, yin deficiency fever, Yang deficiency and cold syndrome should be used with caution.
Drugs should be taken under the guidance of a physician, do not self-medication, to avoid causing adverse consequences.