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Red Lead

Red Lead. Class: For eliminating toxic materials, dissolving rottenness and growing new muscles. Properties: Minor Cold; Pungent. Meridians: Liver; Pericardium

🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Qian Dan
中文名 (Chinese)
铅丹
Latin Name
Plumbum Rubrum
English Name
Red Lead
Alias Names
黄丹真丹铅华丹粉黄龙肝红丹虢丹国丹铅黄黄虢丹朱粉松丹东丹朱丹陶丹障丹桃丹粉
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Minor Cold; Pungent
Meridians (归经)
Liver; Pericardium
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)
1. treatment of scabies, pustulosis, unhealed lesion, burn, etc., usually mixed with honey for external use. 2. treatment of malaria, used together with herba artemisiae annuae or radix dichroae.
Indication (主治)
It chiefly contains pb3o4 or 2pbo.pbo2. it is a bactericide and parasticide, and inhibits the secretion of mucosa.
Toxicity
Toxic
Clinical Manifestations
It chiefly contains pb3o4 or 2pbo.pbo2. it is a bactericide and parasticide, and inhibits the secretion of mucosa.
🔗 External References
TCMID
5999
TCM-ID
1654