[Variety Source]
This product is a crystalline product refined from the natural mineral borax ore. Mainly produced in Qinghai, Tibet and other places. Must be placed in a closed container to prevent weathering. Use raw or forged.
[Property]
sweet and salty, cool. act on lung and stomach channels.
[Efficacy]
External use clearing heat and removing toxin, oral use clearing the lung and resolving phlegm.
[Indications]
- It is used for sore throat, sores on the mouth and tongue, and red eye nebula. Borax for external use can clear heat and remove toxin, reduce swelling and antisepsis, and is a commonly used medicine in laryngology and ophthalmology. To treat sore throat and sores on the tongue, use borneol, Cinnabar, Yuanming powder, etc. to grind and blow on the affected area. Remove toxin and dispersing swelling to relieve pain, such as Borneol and Borax Powder; to treat thrush, use Realgar, Liquorice Root, etc. mixed with honey or Apply with water to clear heat and remove toxin, such as "Sore and Wound Doctor Encyclopedia" Sibaodan; to treat red eye swelling and pain, and strange nebula, you can use this water solution alone to wash your eyes, or mix it with calamine , borneol, Yuanming powder, etc. are made into eye drops for eye application.
- It is used for phlegm-heat stagnation, yellow and sticky phlegm, and difficulty in coughing and vomiting. This product is effective in clearing the lung and resolving phlegm when taken internally. To treat the above diseases, it can be used together with heat transformation phlegm medicine and combination of medicinals.
[Documentation]
- Rihuazi Bencao: "Dispersing phlegm relieves cough and breaks pharyngitis."
- Bencao Gangmu: "Cure upper energizer phlegm-heat and body irritation." fluids, remove fetid mouth odor, remove obstruction nebula, remove choking, regurgitation, blood clots, vaginal ulcers, bones stuck in throat, malignant sores and oral diseases."
[Usage and Dosage]
Appropriate amount for external use. Grind into powder and spread or apply on the affected area, or prepare eye drops for external use. Take it in powder form as a pill, 1.5 to 3g each time.
[Precaution]
It is mostly used for external use and should be taken with caution when taken internally. resolving phlegm can be used raw, and it should be calcined for external application.
[Modern Pharmacology]
The main ingredient of borax is sodium tetraborate. Calcined borax is dehydrated sodium tetraborate. Borax has an astringent protective effect on the skin membrane and inhibits the growth of certain bacteria. Taken internally to prevent urinary tract infections.
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