Effects and functions of yellow alum

Yellow alum is a relatively familiar traditional Chinese medicine. It has many benefits for our body. If we want to consume it correctly in our lives, we need to have some understanding of yellow alum. Let’s take a look at it below.

[Other names] Golden thread alum (Haiyao Bencao), Chicken-foot alum (Bencao Mengquan).

[Source] It is an ore of the sulfate mineral alum .

【Original form】Monoclinic crystal system. Crystals are rare and are usually aggregates of small fibrous particles. The color is light yellow. The luster is silky or pearly. Slightly transparent. Hardness: 2~2.5. Specific gravity: 1.8～1.9. It is often found in feldspar and trachyte.

[Chemical composition] It mainly contains iron sulfate; those picked from green vitriol are mainly alkaline iron sulfate or iron sulfate.

[Properties and flavors] "Sea Drugs Materia Medica": "Tastes salty, sour, and astringent, and is poisonous."

【Functions and indications】 Treat hemorrhoids, fistulas, ulcers, and scabies.

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: grind into fine powder and sprinkle or apply on the affected area. For internal use: make into pills.

[Additional prescription] ① Treating swollen and painful hemorrhoids, fistulas, and pus and blood: 3 liang of alum, 6 liang of black snake (soaked in wine, remove bones and skin, and roast until yellow), 3 liang of astragalus (filed), 2 liang of bitter orange (fried with bran until slightly yellow, remove the pulp), 3.5 liang of camel chest hair (burned to ashes). Grind the above ingredients into powder, mix with refined honey and pound three to two hundred times, then make into pills as big as sycamore seeds. Before each meal, take 20 pills with decoction of Astragalus membranaceus. (Huangfan Pills from Shenghuifang)

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] 1. "Haiyao Bencao": Golden thread alum, "Guangzhou Zhi" says that it is native to Persia. The best one is the one with gold lines inside.

This article ends here on the medicinal value of yellow alum. In fact, yellow alum has many different medicinal effects, all of which have significant benefits to the human body. Everyone can try it.