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Borax

Borax. Class: For eliminating toxic materials, dissolving rottenness and growing new muscles. Properties: Cool; Sweet; Salty. Meridians: Lung; Stomach

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Peng Sha
中文名 (Chinese)
硼砂
Latin Name
Borax
English Name
Borax
Alias Names
大朋砂蓬砂鹏砂月石盆砂
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Cool; Sweet; Salty
Meridians (归经)
Lung; Stomach
Therapeutic Class (EN)
For eliminating toxic materials, dissolving rottenness and growing new muscles
功效分类 (CN)
拔毒化腐生肌
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
Treatment of aphthae, thrush, sorethroat, otopyorrhea, pulpitis, pustolosis, and cervical erosion, used together with borneolum syntheticum, cinnabaris and natrii sulfas exsiccatus, for conjunctivitis and nebula, used as eyewash, for mycotic vaginitis, mixed with borneoum syntheticum as paste for topical application. treatment of cough of lung-heat type and of deficiency-fire type, whooping cough, etc.
Indication (主治)
It is a weak bacteriostatic, and is non-irritative.
Clinical Manifestations
It is a weak bacteriostatic, and is non-irritative.
🔗 External References
TCMID
3192
TCM-ID
1613