Zi Shi Ying, 100g

Calms the spirit, nourishes Liver blood, warms the Penetrating vessel, Conception vessel, and Womb. Sweet and warm, with a moistening nature, the heaviness of Fluoritum (zi shi ying) calms the spirit and settles the mind, while also augmenting the Liver blood in the lower burner. Its major channel affiliations are the Heart and Liver, but several texts mention its effects on the extra channels. (Chinese Herbal Medicine Materia Medica, 2nd ed)

English Name: Flourite, Fluoritum
Chinese Name: Zi Shi Ying (fu shi; ying shi),
Unit Size: 100 Grams
Potency: 5:1
Taste: Sweet
Properties: Warm
Actions: Sedates the Heart and settles tremors and palpitations;Warms the Lungs and directs the qi downward;Warms the Womb while warming and unblocking the Penetrating and Conception vessels.
Pattern: Heart blood deficiency;Ascendant Liver yang;Cold from deficiency of the Lungs;Cold from deficiency of the Womb
Chinese Symptomology: Disorientation;Insomnia;Palpitations with anxiety;Convulsions due to either Heart blood deficiency or ascendant Liver yang;Cough with wheezing due to cold from deficiency of the Lungs;Wheezing with copious sputum;Excessive menstruation, uterine bleeding, or infertility due to cold from deficiency of the Womb.
Contraindications: Contraindicated in those with fire from yin deficiency