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Red Mercuric Oxide
Red Mercuric Oxide. Class: External Medicinal (Draw Out Toxin, Resolve Putridity). Properties: Pungent; Hot; Extremely Poisonous. Meridians: Lung; Spleen
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Hong Fen
中文名 (Chinese)
红粉
Latin Name
Hydrargyri Oxydum Rubrum
English Name
Red Mercuric Oxide
Alias Names
灵药三白丹三仙散小升丹三仙丹升丹红升小红升升药
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Pungent; Hot; Extremely Poisonous
Meridians (归经)
Lung; Spleen
Therapeutic Class (EN)
External Medicinal (Draw Out Toxin, Resolve Putridity)
功效分类 (CN)
拔毒化腐生肌药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
Treatment of carbuncles, sores, chancre and other malignant boils with darkcoloured putrid tissues, formation of fistulae or sinuses, constant discharge of pus, and difficult to heal up.
Indication (主治)
Treatment of carbuncles, sores, chancre and other malignant boils with darkcoloured putrid tissues, formation of fistulae or sinuses, constant discharge of pus, and difficult to heal up.
Toxicity
Extremely toxic
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