Costazia Bone (Haifushi)
| Pharmaceutical Name: | Pumice Pumex |
| Botanical Name: | Costazia aculeate Canu et Bassler |
| Common Name: | Pumice Costazia bone |
| Source of Earliest Record: | Rihuazi Bencao |
| art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: | The dried bone is collected from Costazia Sp. |
| Properties and Taste: | Salty and cold |
| Meridian: | Lung |
| Functions: | To clear heat in the lungs and resolve phlegm To soften hardness and release nodules |
| Indications and Combinations: | 1. Phlegm-heat cough manifested as cough with yellow, sticky and think sputum or sputum difficult to expectorate. *Use with Sea clam shell (Haigeqiao), Trichosanthes fruit (Gualou), Capejasmine (Zhizi) and Natural indigo (Qingdai). 2. Scrofula and goiter caused by phlegm and qi accumulation. *Use with Oyster shell (Muli), Tendrilled fritillary bulb (Chuanbeimu), Scrophularia (Xuanshen) and Laminaria (Kunbu). |
| Dosage: | 6-10 g |