INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: FU HAI SHI - 海浮石 - OS COSTAZIAE

Pharmaceutical Latin: Os Costaziae
Common English: Costaziae Skeleton

CATEGOR

Herbs that Transform Phlegm and Stop Coughing: Herbs that Cool and Transform Phlegm-Heat

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Salty
Cold
Lung
6-15g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat from the Lungs, transforms Phlegm and disperses Stagnation

Heat Accumulation in the Lungs with viscous, difficult-to-expectorate sputum or hemoptysis

Usually used for long-term disorders, chronic coughing

Softens hardness and dissipates Phlegm nodules

Scrofula, goiter and similar disorders caused by Phlegm-Fire

Promotes urination and unblocks the upper source for water (Lungs)

Hot, stony painful urinary dysfunction (Stone Lin)

Dysuria

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those with cough and rebellious Qi due to Deficient Qi rushing upward.
  • Contraindicated for those with Phlegm and thin mucus due to Spleen and Stomach Deficiency.
  • Use caution for those with cough caused by Deficiency and Cold.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES

  1. Os Costaziae Fu Hai Shi is used interchangeably with Pumex Fu Shi.
  2. This herb is more effective at dissipating clumps than Fu Shi.
  3. This substance resolves masses and has been shown to inhibit the growth of cancer cells.
  4. It is commonly used in combination with Concha Meretricis Ge Qiao