中药石膏清热作用的临床应用

Clinical Application of Antipyretic Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine Gypsum

石膏者,清肺胃二经气分实热之要药也。味甘、辛,性大寒,归肺、胃二经,有清热泻火、除烦止渴、敛疮生肌等诸多功效,现代医学也有对其降血糖、抗炎、止血等疗效的临床研究。石膏可生用,亦可煅用。然单取其清热一功常选用生石膏。今结合临床经验及古今中医大家所述,作者就石膏清热的功效及其好处概述如下。

Gypsum is an important medicine for clearing lung and stomach meridians and dividing qi into excess heat. It is sweet and pungent, with a severe cold, and enters the lung and stomach meri-dians. It has many effects, such as clearing heat and removing fire, eliminating irritability and thirst, and collecting sores and building muscle, etc. Modern medicine also has clinical studies on its effects of lowering blood glucose, anti-inflammatory and hemostasis. Gypsum can be used raw or calcined. However, raw gypsum is often used for clearing heat alone. Combined with clinical experience and ancient and modern traditional Chinese medicine, the author summarizes the efficacy and benefits of gypsum in clearing heat as follows.