Zhu Sha (Cinnabar) - Chinese Herbal Medicine

Chinese Name: Zhu Sha
English Name: Cinnabar

Clinical Usage and Indications

  • Sedates the heart, calms the spirit - restlessness, palpitations, anxiety, insomnia, convulsion.
  • Clears heat, relieves toxicity - carbuncles, sore throat.

Functional Groups (Click for Summary/Study Notes)

Dosage and Preparation Notes

  • Dosage: 0.3-2.7g pill or powder
  • Do not heat

Channels/Meridians Influenced

Associated Temperature and Taste

Cautions and Contraindications

  • Mercury Toxicity.

Staff Clinician Notes

There are no additional notes for this herb.

Herbal Formulas Which Include This Herb

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  • Hui Chun Wan

    Formula Functions...  

    Most often used for childhood convulsions (possibly with wheezing, nausea, nighttime crying, vomiting, diarrhea, excessive mucus/saliva) or other conditions that involve fever, impaired or loss of consciousness, irritability, restlessness such as seizure disorders, meningitis, measles, and gastroenteritis among others.


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  • Tian Wan Bu Xin Wan

    Formula Functions...  

    Anxiety, insomnia, irritability, night sweats, low grade fever, restless sleep, poor memory, poor focus and concentration, nocturnal emissions, dry stools.

    Pulse will be thin and rapid and the Tongue will be red with little coating.


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