Wiseman’s Chinese Medical Database

hǎi fú shí / 海浮石 / 海浮石 / costazia bone/pumice

Latin pharmacognostic name: Costaziae Os/Pumex

Alternate English names:

Alternate Chinese names: 浮海石 fú hǎi shí

Origin: PlantXXX

Use: medicinal

Category: Phlegm-transforming cough-relieving panting-calming agents / Phlegm-transforming agents

Properties: Salty; cold.

Channel entry: lung and kidney channels.

Indications:

• Clears lung heat and transforms phlegm: Heat -phlegm cough.
• Softens hardness and disperses binds: Scrofula; goiter.
• Additional uses: Hǎi fú shí can disinhibit urine and free strangury (lìn) in the treatment of stone strangury and blood strangury. For this, it is combined with xiǎo jì (小蓟 Cirsii Herba, field thistle;), pú huáng (蒲黄 Typhae Pollen, typha pollen;), and mù tōng (木通 Akebiae Trifoliatae Caulis, trifoliate akebia).

Dosage & Method:

Oral: 10–15g in decoctions. Decoct wrapped in cloth.

Quality:

Should be grayish white in color, and light enough to float.

Product Area:

Guǎngdōng, Fújiàn, Shāndōng, Liáoníng.