无毒 山穴生
滑石（出神农本经）主身热泄 女子乳难癃（音隆）闭利小便荡胃中积聚寒热益精气久
服轻
身耐饥长年（以上朱字神农本经）通九窍六腑津液去留结止渴令人利中（以上黑字名医所录）
【名】液石 共石 脱石 番石 画石 夕冷【地】（图经曰）生赭阳山谷及泰山之阴或掖
北
白山或卷（羌权切）山今道永菜濠州皆有之此有三种道永州出者白滑如凝脂南越志云 （音
僚）
城县出 石 石即滑石也菜濠州出者理粗质青有白黑点又谓之斑石二种惟可作烹器不堪入药
本经所载土地皆是北方而今医家所用多是白色者乃自南方来按雷公云滑石有五色当用白色如
方解石白青色画石上有白腻纹者为真余皆有毒不入药也如此与今南中来者形色相类用之无疑
矣【时】（生）无时（采）无时【用】白腻者为好【质】如方解石而软暗【色】白【味】甘
【性】
大寒【气】气之薄者阳中之阴【臭】朽【主】利水道【行】足太阳经【助】石苇为之使【反】
恶曾青【制】（雷公云）用刀刮研如粉以牡丹皮同煮一伏时出去牡丹皮取滑石却用东流水淘
过
于日中晒干方用【治】（疗）（图经曰）利小便治淋涩○石淋烦闷取十二分研粉分二服以水调
和
搅令散顿服之烦热定即停后服未已尽服必瘥（药性论云）末服治五淋主难产除烦热心躁（日
华
子云）治乳痈利津液（衍义曰）若暴得吐逆不下食以生细末二钱匕温水服仍急以细面半盏押
定
（别录云）乳石发动躁热烦渴不止用半两细研如粉以水一中盏绞如白饮顿服之未瘥再服○妊
娠
不得小便研为末水和涂脐下二寸○气壅关格不通小便淋结脐下妨闷兼痛用滑石八分研如面以
水五大合和搅顿服【合治】末合末丹参蜜猪肪为膏治妊娠入其月空心酒下弹丸大临产倍服令
滑胎易生○合葱汤调末二钱匕服之治妇人过忍小便致胞转○取二两捣碎以水三大盏煎取二盏
去滓下粳米二合煮粥温温食之治膈上烦热多渴通利九窍○取末一升合车前汁和涂脐四畔方四
寸疗小便不通热即易之冬月水和亦得【禁】画石上有青黑色者杀人绿色者性寒有毒不入药用
无毒。生长于山穴之中。
滑石（出自《神农本草经》）：主治身体发热、泄泻；女子乳汁不通、小便癃闭（排尿困难），通利小便；清除胃中积聚的寒热邪气，补益精气；长期服用可使人身体轻盈、耐饥、延年益寿。（以上为朱字部分，引自《神农本草经》）
通利九窍和六腑的津液，去除体内留滞凝结的病邪，止渴，使人体内部通畅。（以上为黑字部分，引自名医记录）
【名称】液石、共石、脱石、番石、画石、夕冷。
【产地】《图经》记载：产于赭阳山谷及泰山的北坡，或者掖县以北的白山，或者卷山。如今道州、永州、菜州、濠州都有出产。这里主要有三种：道州和永州出产的，白色滑润如同凝固的油脂，《南越志》说僚城县出产的滑石就是这种；菜州和濠州出产的，质地粗糙，颜色青白带有黑白斑点，又被称为斑石。这两种只能用来制作烹饪器具，不能入药。《本经》所载产地的土地多是北方，而今医家所用的多为白色者，是从南方运来的。按雷公所说，滑石有五种颜色，应当选用白色如方解石那样、青色、画石上有白色细腻纹理的为真品，其余都有毒，不入药。这与现在从南方运来的形色相似，使用它就没有疑问了。
【时节】生长没有固定时间，采收也没有固定时间。
【用法】以白色细腻者为佳。
【质地】像方解石一样但较软且暗淡。
【颜色】白色。
【味道】甘。
【性味】大寒。
【气味属性】气味淡薄，属于阳中之阴。
【气味】朽味。
【功效】通利水道。
【归经】足太阳膀胱经。
【相须/使药】石苇为之使。
【相反】畏曾青。
【炮制】（雷公云）用刀刮研成粉末，与牡丹皮同煮一个时辰（伏时），取出牡丹皮，取滑石再用东流水淘洗，在日中晒干后方可使用。
【治疗】（疗）（《图经》云）：通利小便，治疗淋证涩痛。○石淋伴有烦闷，取十二分研成粉，分两次服用，用水调和搅散，一次性服下。烦热定后即停止后续服用，若未痊愈则继续服完必能治愈。（《药性论》云）：末药内服治疗五淋，主治难产，除烦热心躁。（《日华子》云）：治疗乳痈，通利津液。（《衍义》云）：如果突然发生呕吐逆乱、无法进食，用生滑石细末二钱匕，温水送服，并立即用半盏细面按压固定。（《别录》云）：乳石发动引起的躁热、烦渴不止，用半两细研如粉，用水一中盏绞汁如白饮状，一次性服下。未愈再服。○妊娠期间小便不通，研为末，用水调匀涂于脐下二寸处。○气机壅塞、关格不通、小便淋结、脐下妨闷兼痛，用滑石八分研如面粉状，用水五大合调和搅匀，一次性服下。
【配伍治疗】末药配合丹参、蜜、猪脂肪制成膏剂，治疗妊娠月份到了（临产前），空腹酒送下弹丸大小，临产时加倍服用，令胎儿滑利易生。○配合葱汤调服末药二钱匕，治疗妇人强忍小便导致胞转（膀胱扭转）。○取二两捣碎，用水三大盏煎取二盏，去渣后加入粳米二合煮粥，温食，治疗膈上烦热多渴，通利九窍。○取末一升，配合车前汁调和涂于脐部四周四寸范围，治疗小便不通，热即更换，冬季用水调和也可。
【禁忌】画石上有青黑色者杀人，绿色者性寒有毒，不入药用。
Non-toxic. Grows in mountain caves.
Talcum (from *Shennong Bencao Jing* [Divine Farmer's Materia Medica]): Mainly treats body heat, diarrhea; women with lactation difficulty and stranguria (difficulty in urination), promotes diuresis; clears accumulation of cold-heat pathogens in the stomach, benefits essence and qi; long-term consumption makes the body light, withstands hunger, and prolongs life. (The above in red characters is from *Shennong Bencao Jing*).
Promotes the flow of fluids through the nine orifices and six fu organs, removes stagnation and accumulation, stops thirst, and facilitates internal circulation. (The above in black characters is recorded by famous physicians).
[Names]: Yeshi (Liquid Stone), Gongshi, Tuoshi, Fanshi, Huashi (Painted Stone), Xileng.
[Origin]: *Tu Jing* states: Produced in valleys of Zhe Yang and on the north slope of Mount Tai, or in Baishan north of Ye County, or in Juan Mountain. Currently, Dao Zhou, Yong Zhou, Cai Zhou, and Hao Zhou all produce it. There are three types here: Those from Dao and Yong Zhou are white, smooth, and like congealed fat; *Nan Yue Zhi* says the Talc from Liao Cheng County is this type. Those from Cai and Hao Zhou have a coarse texture, are greenish-white with black and white spots, and are also called Ban Shi (Mottled Stone). These two types can only be used to make cooking vessels and are not suitable for medicinal use. The lands described in *Ben Jing* are mostly in the north, but what physicians use now is mostly white, coming from the south. According to Lei Gong, Talc has five colors; one should use the white ones resembling Calcite, those that are bluish-green, and Painted Stones with fine white patterns as genuine. The rest are toxic and not used in medicine. This resembles the appearance and color of those coming from the south today, so there is no doubt in using them.
[Season]: No specific time for growth, no specific time for harvesting.
[Usage]: White and fine-textured ones are preferred.
[Texture]: Soft and dull, similar to Calcite.
[Color]: White.
[Taste]: Sweet.
[Nature]: Greatly Cold.
[Qi Property]: Thin Qi, Yin within Yang.
[Odor]: Rotten.
[Action]: Promotes water pathways.
[Meridian Tropism]: Foot-Taiyang Bladder Meridian.
[Assistant Herb]: Epimedium Leaf (Shiwei) acts as its guide.
[Incompatibility]: Dislikes Azurite (Zengqing).
[Processing]: (Lei Gong says) Scrape and grind into powder with a knife, boil together with Cortex Moutan (Mudanpi) for one shi (approx. 2 hours), remove the Moutan bark, take the Talc, wash it again with flowing water from the east, dry it in the sun before use.
[Treatment]: (Therapy) (*Tu Jing* says): Promotes diuresis, treats stranguria with astringency. ○ For Shilin (Stone Stranguria) with irritability, take 12 fen, grind into powder, divide into two doses, mix with water, stir until dispersed, and take at once. Stop subsequent doses when irritability and heat subside; if not cured, finish the dose to ensure recovery. (*Yaoxing Lun* says): Powder taken internally treats Wulin (Five Types of Stranguria), main difficult labor, removes irritability and heart restlessness. (*Rihua Zi* says): Treats mastitis, promotes fluid secretion. (*Yanyi* says): If sudden vomiting and inability to eat occur, take 2 qianbi of raw Talc powder finely ground, administer with warm water, and immediately press down with half a cup of fine flour. (*Bielu* says): For restlessness, heat, irritability, and unquenchable thirst caused by "Ru Shi" (milk stone/drug) activation, take half liang, finely ground into powder, squeeze juice with one zhongzhan of water to resemble white drink, take at once. If not cured, take again. ○ For pregnancy with inability to urinate, grind into powder, mix with water, and apply to two cun below the navel. ○ For Qi stagnation, Guan Ge (obstruction) with non-flowing urine, stranguria with knotting, discomfort and pain below the umbilicus, take 8 fen of Talc, grind like flour, mix with five he of water, stir, and take at once.
[Compound Treatment]: Powder combined with Radix Salviae Miltiorrhizae (Danshen), Honey, and Pig Fat to make a paste; treat late pregnancy, take orally with wine on an empty stomach, size of a bean, double the dose at delivery to facilitate easy birth. ○ Mix powder with Onion Decoction, take 2 qianbi; treat women whose bladder turns due to holding urine too long. ○ Take 2 liang, crush, decoct with three large zhan of water to obtain two zhan, remove dregs, add two he of Rice (Jingmi), cook into porridge, eat warm; treats upper diaphragm irritability and excessive thirst, promotes flow through nine orifices. ○ Take one sheng of powder, mix with Juice of Plantago Seed (Cheqian), apply around the navel covering four cun square; treat urinary retention, change if hot, mixing with water is also acceptable in winter.
[Contraindications]: Painted Stones with blue-black color kill people; Green ones are cold in nature and toxic, not for medicinal use.