Zi Shi Ying - 紫石英 - Fluoritum - Fluorite

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Fluoritum
Common English:	Amethyst Fluorite

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet	Warm	Heart Liver	9-16g

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Sedates the Heart and settles tremors and palpitations	Disorientation, insomnia, palpitations with anxiety or convulsions due to Heart Blood Deficiency or Liver Yang Rising
Warms the Lungs and descends Qi	Cough or wheezing due to Deficiency Cold of the Lungs Used for wheezing with copious sputum
*Warms the Womb and warms and unblocks the Chong* and Ren channels**	Excessive menstruation, uterine bleeding or infertility due to Cold from Deficiency of the Womb

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Sm. Platycladi Bai Zi Ren Sm Zizyphi Spinosae Suan Zao Ren Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui	Fossilia Ossis Mastodi Long Gu Glauberitum Han Shui Shi Rx. et Rz. Rhei Da Huang	Fr. Schisandrae Wu Wei Zi Flos Farfarae Kuan Dong Hua Cx. Mori Sang Bai Pi
Palpitations with anxiety, disorientation and insomnia due to Heart Blood Deficiency with Liver Yang Rising.	Fright, pain and convulsions due to Phlegm-Heat in the Heart channel.	Rebellious Qi in the Lungs with cough and wheezing with copious sputum.
Rz. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui Rx. Rehmanniae Preparata Shu Di Huang Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu	Limonitum Yu Yu Liang Halloysitum Rubrum Chi Shi Zhi
Infertility, irregular uterine bleeding and vaginal discharge due to Cold from Deficiency of the Womb and the Sea of Blood.	Uterine bleeding due to Cold in the Womb.

It quiets the Spirit and steadies the mind while augmenting Liver Blood in the Lower Jiao.
It moistens and removes Dryness.
Moving through the Chong and Ren Channels, it warms the Womb.
Calcined Fluorite Duan Zi Shi Ying is easier to grind and more readily warms the Lungs, descends Qi, dispels Cold and warms the womb. This form is seldom used.

Feng Yin Tang (wind-drawing decoction) for epilepsy: Feng Yin Tang's minerals (Long Gu, Mu Li, Han Shui Shi, Shi Gao, etc.) give structure and clear heat for imminent epileptic episodes and paralysis. (Gioioso)
Mineral group in Feng Yin Tang: Long Gu, Mu Li, Han Shui Shi, Hua Shi, Shi Gao and Zi Shi Ying (amethyst/fluorite) give pressure, structure and cooling to settle wind. (Gioioso)
Zi Shi Ying (purple outstanding stone) — opens the Chong; Yuen: amethyst, not fluorite: Zi Shi Ying is the key alchemical substance for the Chong; Yuen says it is amethyst (purple quartz), not fluorite as modern materia medica states. (Yuen)