Stalactite Classic Formulas … Natural Herb Library

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Warms the Lung and transforms cold-phlegm ... Zhong Ru Shi appears in older materia medica for cold wheezing, dyspnea, and phlegm retained in the chest.
Warms Kidney Yang and helps grasp qi ... later use extends to chronic shortness of breath associated with weakness and cold deficiency.
Promotes lactation and supports certain cold-type Stomach conditions in older records ... a reminder that this is a historical mineral medicine more than a common modern clinic herb.

Older cold-asthma and dyspnea combinations ... the main internal-use lane preserved in materia medica.
Postpartum insufficient-lactation pairings with Tong Cao-family herbs ... a secondary but repeatedly cited tradition.
Warm-mineral support for cold Stomach or deficiency-cold patterns ... historical use more than modern mainstream prescribing.

Traditional herbals describe Zhong Ru Shi as sweet and warm, entering Lung, Kidney, and Stomach to warm the chest and support lactation or Kidney weakness patterns.
Premodern Chinese medical and alchemical literature also treated stalactite as a material that moved between medicine, elixir, and other practical domains.