This product is a refined crystal of natural minerals containing sodium sulfate. Mainly containing aqueous sodium sulfate (Na₂SO₄‧10H₂O). Mainly produced in alkaline soil areas in Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui and other provinces. Dissolve the natural product in hot water, filter it, and let it cool to precipitate crystals, which is commonly known as "Pi Ni Ni". Then wash and slice the radish, put it in a pot, add water and saltpeter, and cook together. Take the supernatant liquid and let it cool to precipitate crystals, which is Mirabilite. Mirabilite is a white powder that loses crystal water after weathering and is called Xuanming powder (Yuanming powder).

salty and bitter, cold. act on stomach and large intestine channels.

[Efficacy]

It has diarrhea, softens and hardens, clears away heat.

[Indications]

1. Used for heat retention of food and dryness accumulation of stool. This product is salty, bitter and cold, has a purgative property, has a strong purgative effect, moistening purgation, and cleanses the gastrointestinal tract. It is suitable for gastrointestinal excess heat retention of food, stool dryness accumulation, delirious speech and other symptoms. Often used with Rhubarb Rhizoma mutual reinforcement to enhance the laxative and heat-relieving effects, such as Major Purgative Decoction, Stomach-Regulating Purgative Decoction . In modern clinical practice, it is also commonly used in patients with cholelithiasis and abdominal pain constipation.
2. For sore throat, aphtha, red eye and carbuncle swelling and pain. This product can clear heat and dispersing swelling when used externally. To treat sore throat and mouth and tongue sores, it can be used together with borax, borneol, Cinnabar to make powder for external use, add Borneol and Borax Powder, or use watermelon cream made of Mirabilite in watermelon for external use to treat red eye swelling and pain. Mirabilite can be used in tofuUse water or use Xuan Ming Powder to prepare eye drops and apply eye drops for external use; when treating acute mastitis at the beginning, you can use this product to dissolve water or wrap it in fine gauze for external application. To treat intestinal abscess at the beginning, it can be used together with Rhubarb Rhizoma and garlic for external application. To treat swelling and pain of hemorrhoids, this product can be used alone to decoction and wash.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "Except Hanre pathogenic qi, remove the abdominal mass, solidification and retention of the six internal organs, and can transform seventy-two kinds of stones."
2. Zhenzhunang: "It has three uses: one is to remove excess heat, and the other is to cleanse the dirt in the intestines; the third is to break the hard accumulation of heat."
3. Yaopin Huayi : "It tastes salty, soft and hard, and can relieve dryness accumulation and reduce coldness, so it can remove fire and dryness. It is mainly used to treat seasonal epidemic fever, six fu-organs evil heat, or upper energizer diaphragm heat, or lower constipation." ”

[Usage and Dosage]

For oral administration, 10-15g should be mixed into the concoction or dissolved in boiling water before taking. Appropriate amount for external use.

[Precaution]

Pregnant and lactating women should avoid using it or use it with caution.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product mainly contains crystalline sodium sulfate, often mixed with trace amounts of sodium chloride, sodium sulfate, calcium sulfate, etc. The main component of Mirabilite is sodium sulfate, which is a salt laxative that is not easily absorbed by the intestinal wall. It remains in the intestine and becomes a hypertonic solution, preventing intestinal water absorption, increasing the volume of intestinal contents, causing mechanical stimulation, and promoting intestinal peristalsis and excretion. Loose stools.