INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin: Calculus Macacae Mulattae
Common English: Rhesus Macaque Bezoar
Macaque Stone
Monkey Beozar
Herbs that Expel Hot Phlegm
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
Salty
Cold
Heart
Lung
Liver
Gall Bladder
Powder: 0.3-1g
Actions Indications/Syndromes

Dislodges Phlegm, cools Heat, extinguishes Wind, calms fright, settles convulsions, calms asthma and resolves toxicity

Phlegm-Fire Clogging the Lungs, coughing, wheezing, sore throat and pharyngitis

Liver Wind Stirring Internally with convulsions, epilepsy, childhood convulsions

Phlegm Confusing the Heart Orifices

Wind-Stroke

Clears Heat, Resolves toxicity, calms wheezing, transforms Phlegm, resolves swelling and softens hardness

Scrofula, Phlegm nodules, carbuncles and suppurating sores due to Phlegm-Fire

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated for those without Excess Heat.
  • Contraindicated for those with Cold-Phlegm.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Cornu Saigae Tataricae
Ling Yang Jiao
Lapis Chloriti
Qing Meng Shi
Concretio Bambusae Silicea
Tian Zhu Huang

Rx. Scrophulariae
Xuan Shen

Spica Prunellae
Xia Ku Cao

 

Severe problems due to Phlegm-Heat

Scrofula

 

  1. This herb is considered sage-like in its ability to clear Phlegm-Heat.
  2. It is now considered an obsolete substance.
  3. It is usually not used in decoction, but as a stand-alone herb, as a powder, taken internally or mixed with vinegar and applied topically.
  4. Both this herb and Calculus Bovis Niu Huang are beozar. Their properties are similar. Both dislodge Phlegm, control spasms, cool Heat and resolve toxicity. The primary action of this herb is dislodging Phlegm, while that of Niu Huang is superior at controlling spasms, cooling Heat and resolving toxicity. It also cools the Blood and opens the Orifices.