The efficacy and function of realgar

As people's living standards improve, they pay more attention to health preservation. Many people know that the traditional Chinese medicine Xinshi is good for the body and can treat many diseases. Let’s learn about it today.

【Alias】

Words, arsenic

【source】

Natural

Arsenic

Ore, but also useful

Arsenopyrite

(Arsenicite) or

realgar

Processed and made.

【toxicity】

This product is highly toxic! Both oral and external use can cause poisoning, so strict caution must be exercised.

Oral poisoning

Afterwards, acute gastroenteritis occurs suddenly, with a metallic taste in the mouth, a burning sensation in the throat, thirst, severe pain all over the body, severe nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and large amounts of bloody or mucous watery stools. It can also lead to dehydration and circulatory failure, oliguria, gastrocnemius spasm, coma, etc., and may lead to death within 1 to 2 days.

Chronic poisoning

, often causing skin and mucous membrane damage, ulcers, scleroderma, hair loss, rhinitis, epistaxis, conjunctivitis, etc. In severe cases, it can cause exfoliative dermatitis, fatigue, dizziness, ataxia, abdominal pain, diarrhea, liver enlargement, jaundice, weight loss, anemia, multiple neuritis, etc.

【Nature and flavor】

Spicy, very hot. Very poisonous.

【Function and indications】

It can corrode sores and remove rot, relieve asthma, resolve phlegm, and stop malaria. Used for cold asthma, malaria; used externally to treat lymph node tuberculosis, bone and joint tuberculosis, tuberculous fistula, tooth scurvy, and hemorrhoids.

【Usage and Dosage】

0.2 cm, mostly used in pills and powders; appropriate amount for external use.

【Notice】

This product is highly toxic!

【extract】

National Compendium of Chinese Herbal Medicine

The above is an introduction to the effects, functions and consumption methods of realgar. When choosing it, you need to understand how to use it.