The efficacy and function of borax

Medicine is very common. Different medicines can treat different diseases, and there are many types of medicines. From Western medicine to Chinese medicine, there are thousands of them, especially for Chinese herbal medicines, there are many types. Borax is a common Chinese medicine. It has a good effect in treating diseases, and such medicines are also easy to buy. What are the effects and functions of borax?

Many people don’t know much about the effects and functions of borax. When choosing it, they don’t know how to use it. When using such medicines, certain methods and techniques must be used, otherwise it will not be of any help in treating human diseases.

The efficacy and function of borax :

Clears away heat and eliminates phlegm; detoxifies and preserves. It is used to treat sore throat, mouth and tongue ulcers, red eyes, cataracts, pterygium, genital ulcers, bone choking, indigestion, and cough with thick phlegm. Used for acute tonsillitis, pharyngitis, stomatitis, gingivitis, otitis media, red and swollen eyes, and pityriasis versicolor.

① "Bencao Gangmu" (Bencao Gangmu): It can eliminate phlegm and stop cough, and relieve throat congestion.

② "Bencao Yanyi": Swallow the saliva in your mouth and dissolve it in water to treat swelling and pain in the throat, and phlegm and heat on the diaphragm.

③ "Compendium of Materia Medica": Treats phlegm and heat in the upper part of the body, produces body fluids, removes bad breath, eliminates obstructions, relieves indigestion and nausea, lumps and blood stasis, Yin inflammation, bone ulcers and other oral and dental diseases.

④ "Bencao Tongxuan": kills parasites.

⑤ "Bencao Qiuyuan": When it is alive, it can transform decay; when it is calcined and dried, it can regenerate flesh.

Additional recipe:

① Treat qi stagnation, phlegm accumulation, fire accumulation, and throat swelling and obstruction: one qian of Pengsha. Put it in your mouth and dissolve it (from "Fangmai Zhengzong")

②Treat sore throat: take equal parts of Pengsha and Baimei. Mash into balls the size of water chestnuts. Dissolve one pill in your mouth. (Po Guan Dan from "Experience Prescription")

③Treat sore throat and running throat paralysis: 1 fen each of Pengsha and Mayaxiao, half a fen of cinnabar, 2 pieces of blister beetles (remove the head, wings and feet, and stir-fry). Grind the above four ingredients into powder, cook flour with ginger juice, make into pills as big as sycamore seeds, and coat with wax tea. Take two pills each time with tea. (Pengsha Pills from Shengji Zonglu)

④For the treatment of sore throat and wind-heat throat paralysis: borax (raw ground), alum (raw ground) each one qian, western bezoar, human nail (roasted and ground) each one fen. Grind it into a very fine powder, add three grams of rotten white frosted plum flesh, grind it into a paste and divide it into four pills. Dissolve it in the mouth to remove stubborn phlegm. (Boraxalide from Zhang's Medical Encyclopedia)

⑤ Treat new and long-term swelling and pain in the throat, mouth and teeth, and long-term cough, phlegm, fire, and sore throat: 5 qian each of Xuanming powder and borax, 6 fen of cinnabar, and 5 fen of borneol. Grind them into a very fine powder, blow it onto the affected area, and apply five to six times a day for severe cases. (Bingpengsan from "The Authentic Surgery")

⑥Treatment of tongue swelling: Grind borax into fine powder, dip a thin slice of ginger in the powder and wipe the swollen area of ​​the tongue, the swelling will subside after a while. (Puji Fang)

⑦Treat bad breath, dry mouth, and mouth sores: 2 liang of borax, 1 qian each of camphor and musk, 4 liang of saltpeter (weathered), and 10 liang of cold water stone (calcined). Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, add licorice paste and make into pills as big as sesame seeds. Hold one pill in your mouth and swallow it with saliva at any time. (Borax Pills from "Fenxiao Liangfang")

⑧Treatment of thrush: 2 qian of borax, 3 qian of realgar, 1 qian of licorice, and 2.5 li of borneol. Grind the above into fine powder, mix with honey and water for application or mix with dry mixture. (Sibaodan from "The Complete Book of Ulcer Medicine")

Through the above introduction, we have a good understanding of the effects and functions of borax, so we must be careful when choosing it. We cannot use it casually. And when we don’t understand it, we must consult before using it. We must also understand some of its usage methods so that we can use it correctly and facilitate disease treatment.