TCM Properties

Traditional Use

Calms the shen and relieves palpitations - Zi Shi Ying is used for fright, restlessness, tremor, and palpitations when deficiency allows agitation or floating Yang to disturb the Heart.
Warms the uterus and supports cold-deficiency fertility patterns - traditional use extends to infertility, uterine bleeding, and abnormal discharge when cold in the Chong and Ren impairs warming and containment.
Warms the Lung and directs rebellious qi downward in selected lineages - it is used for deficiency-cold cough or wheezing with copious sputum and counterflow Lung qi.

Zi Shi Ying is a heavy mineral medicinal that is usually crushed and decocted first rather than treated like an ordinary botanical herb.
Its classical identity overlaps calm-shen minerals and warm-womb medicinals, so pattern accuracy matters more than the modern gemstone association.

Zhen Ling Dan - classic womb-stabilizing formula in which Zi Shi Ying helps warm and secure the Chong and Ren while containing uterine bleeding.
Nuan Gan Wen Jing Tang - warm-the-womb formula lineage that uses Zi Shi Ying to descend cold and support fertility patterns linked to uterine cold.

TCM Wiki describes Zi Shi Ying as sweet and warm, entering the Heart and Liver, calming the spirit, relieving palpitations, warming the uterus, and directing qi downward.
American Dragon notes an additional traditional use for deficiency-cold Lung patterns with cough or wheezing and emphasizes the warm-womb application in cold infertility.
Sacred Lotus lists Zhen Ling Dan among the classic formula appearances of Zi Shi Ying.

Calcium fluoride mineral matrix - the defining material basis of medicinal fluorite
Trace silica, carbonate, and mineral impurities - variable with source geology and preparation
Minor trace-metal content - source-dependent mineral cofactors that matter more for quality control than for therapeutic targeting

Direct PubMed pharmacology on Fluoritum as a TCM preparation is extremely sparse, so modern use remains driven mainly by classical tradition and pharmacopeial processing rather than clinical trials.
Current safety interpretation depends more on mineral toxicology and quality control than on herb-specific biomedical studies, especially when non-pharmaceutical fluorite could increase fluoride exposure.

Use only authenticated medicinal-grade fluorite that has been properly processed and crushed; decorative mineral specimens or industrial fluorite are not appropriate internal medicines.
As a mineral drug, Zi Shi Ying should generally be decocted first and used under trained supervision rather than treated as a casual supplement.
Modern evidence is sparse, and safety concerns center on mineral quality control and potential fluoride exposure rather than on herb-drug interaction trials.
MSK page not found - drug interaction data not available from Memorial Sloan Kettering integrative medicine database