Hematite, Dai Zhe Shi 代赭石Bloodstone; Lapis Sanguinalis, AmetistusDai Zhe Shi: ‘Red Stone from Dai County’ (TCM) Gairika (Ayurveda) Smug po sbal rgyab སྨུག་པོ་སྦལ་རྒྱབ (Tibetan) |
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Hortus sanitatis, 1491
Two different varieties of HematitePhotos by Parent Gery
Members CLICK HERE for the PRO VERSIONMineralogical name:
Hematitum
Parts used:
Prepared Hematite
Temperature & Taste:
Cold, dry. Bitter, Sweet. Once prepared with Vinegar, it is only Cool, and is slightly Sour.
Classification:
I. Medicines for Internal Wind
Constituents:
Ferric oxide and Silicone dioxide (FeO 51%, SiO2 40%, AlO 5%, CaO 2%, H2O 1%); admixtures may include As, Ti, and Mn
Uses:
1. Clears Heat, Stops Bleeding (West, TCM, Ayurveda, Tibetan Medicine):
-heat-type bleeding
2. Calms the Liver, Stops Wind (West, TCM, Ayurveda):
-Vertigo, Tinnitus, Dizziness
3. Regulates the Stomach, Settles Rising Qi, Stops Vomiting (West, TCM):
-nausea, vomiting
4. Stops Cough and Wheezing (West, TCM, Ayurveda):
-Cough, Wheezing
5. Benefits the Yin:
6. Clears Heat and Toxin:
7. Externally:
-Used to remove the proud flesh from wounds
Dose:
… available in PRO version
Comment:
… available in PRO version
Substitute:
… available in PRO version
Preparation:
… available in PRO version
Main Combinations:
Bleeding
1. Bleeding from Heat:
i. Hematite with … available in PRO version
ii. Hematite with … available in PRO version
iii. Hematite with … available in PRO version
2. Spitting Blood:
i. take Hematite with … available in PRO version
ii. take Hematite powder … available in PRO version
iii. Hematite with … available in PRO version
iv. Hemoptysis and Consumption, take Hematite with … available in PRO version
3. Diarrhea or Dysentery with Blood:
i. Hematite, … available in PRO version
ii. Hematite with … available in PRO version
Gynecology, Obstetrics
4. Metrorrhagia, Hematite with … available in PRO version
5. Uterine Bleeding or prolonged menstruation:
i. Hematite, … available in PRO version
ii. Hematite, … available in PRO version
6. To prevent Miscarriage:
i. Hematite with … available in PRO version
ii. Hematite, … available in PRO version
7. To stop Postpartum Bleeding, Hematite with … available in PRO version
Wind diseases
8. Palpitations with Insomnia:
i. Hematite, … available in PRO version
ii. Hematite … available in PRO version
9. Dizziness, Vertigo, Headache, from rising Liver wind:
i. Hematite with … available in PRO version
ii. Hematite with … available in PRO version
10. Vertigo:
i. for Yin deficient rising Yang, Hematite, … available in PRO version
ii. Hemetite … available in PRO version
11. Psychosis or Mania:
i. from Wind-Heat and Phlegm: Hematite, … available in PRO version
ii. from strong Heat, Hematite, … available in PRO version
12. Epilepsy and Infantile Convulsions:
i. Hematite, … available in PRO version
ii. Hematite, … available in PRO version
iii. Hematite, … available in PRO version
Other
13. Cough, Wheezing:
i. prepared and powdered Hematite … available in PRO version
ii. from deficiency, Hematite with … available in PRO version
iii. from Lung Heat, Hematite, … available in PRO version
iv. from ‘Kidney failing to grasp Qi’, Hematite, … available in PRO version
14. Liver Heat, Hematite, … available in PRO version
15. Belching, Hiccup, Vomiting, Hematite, … available in PRO version
16. Gonorrhea, Hematite, … available in PRO version
17. Ulcers of the Eye, … available in PRO version
18. Hot swellings of the eyelids … available in PRO version
Major Formulas:
Philonium Persicum
Troches of Earth of Lemnos (Trochisci de Terra Lemna)
Powder for Excess Menstruation (Serapion)
Powder of Rose and Hematite
Powder to Break Blood Above and Below (Nicholas)
Powder to Suppress Hemorrhage (Unani)
Powder for Bleeding from the Stomach (Nicolas)
Zhen Ling Dan
Xuan Fu Dai Zhe Tang
Shen Zhe Zhen Qi Tang
Cautions:
1. Avoid during pregnancy.
2. Avoid overdose and don’t use for more than 2 or 3 weeks without a break.
Toxicity:
1. Hematite often contains arsenic salts so can be toxic in large doses or long-term use.
2. Size-Dependent Bacterial Toxicity of Hematite Particles
Main Preparations used:
Prepared Hematite; Burnt Hematite
Dioscorides:
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The best hematite stone is brittle and has a deep color, or is black and hard and even, not containing any impurities or veins. It is astringent, somewhat warming, and reduces the intensity of symptoms. With honey it wears off scars and scabs on the eyes. With woman’s milk it helps sore eyes and broken bloodshot eyes. It is taken in a drink with wine for painful urination, and women’s discharges with pomegranate juice, and for spitting-up blood. Eye salves are made of it, and suppositories and touchstones suitable for eye complaints. It is burnt like Phrygian stone, only the wine omitted. It is properly burnt when it is mildly light and swollen up with bubbles. Some counterfeit it as follows. They take a piece of schistus, thick and round (such as those called the roots of it) and cover it |
in a big-bellied earthen jar containing hot ash. Then they leave it a little while, take it out, and rub it on a touchstone testing whether it has taken the color of hematites, and if it has they put it in jars. If not they cover it again, continuously looking at it and testing it, for if left too long in the ashes it changes color and dissolves. That which is adulterated is confirmed first by the veins running through it, for this is has straight veins but hematites does not; then by the color for this has a bright colour, the hematites a deeper one like cinnabar. It is also found in Sinopican red ochre, and hematites is made from lodestone [magnetic oxide of iron] burnt very well; but that which occurs naturally is dug out of mines in Egypt. |
2. Biosynthesis, magnetic and cytotoxic studies of hematite nanoparticles
3. Evaluation of cytotoxicity of hematite nanoparticles in bacteria and human cell lines.
4. Tumoricidal Effect of Hematite (α-Fe2O3) and SiO2 nanoparticles in Human Rhabdomyosarcoma cell line
5. In vitro cytotoxicity of monodispersed hematite nanoparticles on Hek 293 cells