This product is a crystal refined from the natural mineral borax ore, primarily produced in Qinghai, Tibet, and other regions. It must be stored in a sealed container to prevent weathering. It can be used raw or calcined.

bubble_chart Properties and Meridians

Sweet and salty, cool. Act on lung and stomach meridians.

bubble_chart Efficacy

External use: clearing heat and removing toxin; internal use: clearing the lung and resolving phlegm.

bubble_chart Indications

1. Used for sore throat, mouth and tongue sores, red eye nebula obstruction. Borax can be used externally for clearing heat and removing toxin, reducing swelling, and antiseptic, making it a common essential medicine in throat and eye departments. For treating sore throat and tongue sores, it is combined with borneol, Cinnabar, Yuanming Powder, etc., ground together and blown onto the affected area to remove toxin and disperse swelling to relieve pain, such as Borneol and Borax Powder; for treating thrush, it is combined with Realgar, Liquorice Root, etc., applied or mixed with honey water to clear heat and remove toxin, such as the Four Treasures Pill in "Complete Works of Sore and Wound Doctor"; for treating red eye swelling and pain, and nebula obstruction in the eyes, it can be used alone in water solution to wash the eyes, or combined with calamine, borneol, Yuanming Powder, etc., made into eye drops for application.
2. Used for phlegm-heat stagnation, yellow sticky phlegm, and difficulty in coughing up phlegm. This product has the effect of clearing the lung and resolving phlegm when taken internally. For treating the above symptoms, it can be used in combination with heat-transforming phlegm medicines.

bubble_chart Documentation

1. Rihuazi Bencao: "Dispersing phlegm, stopping cough, breaking up hard masses, and treating pharyngitis."
2. Bencao Gangmu: "Treating phlegm-heat in the upper energizer, generating body fluids, eliminating fetid mouth odor, clearing nebula, relieving hiccups and regurgitation, dissolving accumulations and stagnant flesh, healing yin ulcers, removing bones stuck in the throat, and treating malignant sores and various oral and dental diseases."

bubble_chart Usage and Dosage

For external use, apply an appropriate amount. Grind into fine powder and sprinkle or apply to the affected area, or prepare as an eye solution for external use. For oral administration in pills or powders, take 1.5 to 3 grams each time.

bubble_chart Cautions and Contraindications

For external use only, internal use should be cautious. Resolving phlegm can be used raw, for external application it should be calcined.

bubble_chart Modern Pharmacology

The main component of borax is sodium tetraborate. Calcined borax is dehydrated sodium tetraborate. Borax has astringent and protective effects on the skin and mucous membranes, and inhibits the growth of certain bacteria. When taken internally, it can prevent urinary tract infections.