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Calcitum
Calcite
方解石 〔方解石〕 fāng jiě shí
Alternate Chinese names: 黄石 huáng shí
Kingdom: Mineral
Use: Medicinal
Properties: Bitter and acrid; extremely cold✽; nontoxic.
Actions and indications: Frees the blood vessels. Treats lodged heat and bound qì in the chest; jaundice.
See: Hán shuǐ shí (寒水石 Gypsum seu Calcitum , glauberite)
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