Talcum Powder

Talcum Powder (Hua Shi)Talcum Powder (Hua Shi)

Botanical Name: Talcum

Talcum powder is most famous as a lubricant that can help sooth and prevent hot oozing skin conditions such as diaper rash and oozing eczema. In China, talc also has a long history of being used to treat difficult stuck and painful urination and watery diarrhea. Talc is known for being a soft creamy mineral that is the softest mineral on earth.

Below is an overview of Talcum Powder (Hua Shi), combining and interpreting the best of Western Science, Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), Shamanism, Folklore and more. Gain a balanced and thorough understanding of the healing properties of Talcum Powder (Hua Shi).

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Western

Western Name: Talcum Powder

Also Known As: Talc, Talc Powder, Talcum, Hydrous Magnesium Silicate

Organs/Systems: Skin

Key Actions: Absorption, Astringency, Lubricating, Cooling

Medicinal Uses: Red, itchy skin conditions, soften skin.

Eastern

Pin Yin: Hua Shi

Also Known As: Hua Shi translates as “Slippery Rock”, Hua She Fen (Talcum Powder)

Meridians: Stomach, Bladder

Key Actions: Promotes Urination, Drains Heat from the Bladder, Clears Heat and Damp, Topically Clears Summer Heat, Drains Dampness

Medicinal Uses: Urinary tract infection, burning, dribbling, watery diarrhea, unremitting fever with yellow tongue coat, heavy sensation in the body and limbs, it can protect the intestinal wall when taken orally, heals wounds, bleeding from the Five Sense Organs or subcutaneous tissue, beriberi and skin disorders such as oozing eczema, rashes, sores, athlete’s foot, prickly heat, helps to eliminate Summer Heat conditions with signs of fever, irritability, thirst, water diarrhea, and scanty difficult urination, clears damp heat through the urine, astringes boils.

Basic Habitat/Botany:

Talc is an odorless naturally occurring mineral that is white, soft, and creamy or greasy in texture. The clay mineral is made up of the elements magnesium, silicon, and oxygen. It’s color can range from white to grey, to green.

Talc is a common mineral found in areas with metamorphic rocks (rocks that have undergone transformation by heat, and pressure) and contain abundant carbonate minerals, such as limestone, dolomite, shale and soapstone (a high-talc rock). The Western United States, Western European Alps, especially Italy.  Talc is also found in the Himalayas, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Western Australia, France, Brazil, Turkey and the Middle East.

Talcum Powder (Hua Shi)Parts Most Frequently Used: Mineral

Flavors/Temps: Sweet, Bland, Cold

Caution: Use with care during pregnancy.

History/Folklore: Talcum powder has many medicinal uses, including the dusting of surgical gloves, condoms, and balloons. It is a common ingredient in baby powder and cosmetics. Talc is also used to make paper, plastic, paint, rubber, and pharmaceuticals.

Being a powder, it is good at absorbing and helps cut down on friction, making it a good choice for keeping skin dry and helping to prevent rashes. Talc is often blended with corn starch when used as a baby powder.

This herb is not to be injected or inhaled.

The French are the world’s largest supplier of the mined talc.

In China, talc is a popular cure for diarrhea, eczema and treating conditions of painful urination and when urine is being passed drop by drop, with pain. It does this by alleviating water retention.

There have been reports of talc causing lung or ovarian cancer, but as yet there is no evidence that supports this. Natural talc can be found with asbestos (a cancer causing substance) in it, but all commercially used talc is now asbestos free.

Key Constituents:

Magnesium, Silicon, Oxygen.
Did you know?

Summer Heat Conditions

Talcum powder is often used with licorice for clearing Summer Heat conditions.
Facts

Food Additive

Talc is often used as a food additive.
Fun fact!

Asbestos Free Since 1970's

Some natural talc can contain asbestos, a substance that can cause cancer of the lungs. All talcs used in commercial products are now asbestos free and have been since the 1970’s.

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