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Alum

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🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Bai Fan
中文名 (Chinese)
白矾
Latin Name
Alumen
English Name
Alum
Alias Names
石涅; 矾石; 羽涅; 羽泽; 涅石; 矾石; 理石; 白君; 明矾; 雪矾; 云母矾; 生矾
☯ TCM Properties
Properties (性味)
Sour; Astringent; Cold
Meridians (归经)
Lung; Spleen; Liver; Large Intestine
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Toxin-Attacking And Worm-Expelling And Itch-Relieving Medicinal
功效分类 (CN)
攻毒杀虫止痒药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
External use for eczema, scabies, otits media with purulent discaharge, internal use for chronic diarrhea, hematochezia, abnormal uterine bleeding, epilepsy and mania.alumen (calcined) - eczema, discharge from ulcers otitis media with purulent discharge, excessive leukorrhea with pudendal itching, bleeding from the nose or gums, nasal polyp.
Indication (主治)
1. to astringe the intestine and relieve diarrhea (for prolonged diarrhea, used with fructus chebulae together). 2. to astringe and stop bleeding, hemoptysis and bleeding from the gum (both internal and external use). 3. to reduce exudation, relieve itching, clear toxic material and kill parasite: for burn, mixed with borneolum syntheticum and water for topical use; For skin infection, mixed with realgar and tea for local application; For scabies and tinea, used together with sulfur and borneolu
Clinical Manifestations
1. to astringe the intestine and relieve diarrhea (for prolonged diarrhea, used with fructus chebulae together). 2. to astringe and stop bleeding, hemoptysis and bleeding from the gum (both internal and external use). 3. to reduce exudation, relieve itchi
🔗 External References
HERB DB
HERB002146 ↗
TCMID
7037
TCM-ID
54
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (28 fields)
name
Alum
chinese name
白矾
pinyin name
Bai Fan
latin name
Alumen
english name
Alum
properties english
Sour; Astringent; Cold
meridians english
Lung; Spleen; Liver; Large Intestine
tcmid id
7037
herb id str
HERB002146
function text
External use for eczema, scabies, otits media with purulent discaharge, internal use for chronic diarrhea, hematochezia, abnormal uterine bleeding, epilepsy and mania.alumen (calcined) - eczema, discharge from ulcers otitis media with purulent discharge, excessive leukorrhea with pudendal itching, bleeding from the nose or gums, nasal polyp.
indication
1. to astringe the intestine and relieve diarrhea (for prolonged diarrhea, used with fructus chebulae together). 2. to astringe and stop bleeding, hemoptysis and bleeding from the gum (both internal and external use). 3. to reduce exudation, relieve itching, clear toxic material and kill parasite: for burn, mixed with borneolum syntheticum and water for topical use; For skin infection, mixed with realgar and tea for local application; For scabies and tinea, used together with sulfur and borneolum syntheticum; For aphthae and suppurative ostitis media, used together with borneolum syntheticum a
clinical manifestations
1. to astringe the intestine and relieve diarrhea (for prolonged diarrhea, used with fructus chebulae together). 2. to astringe and stop bleeding, hemoptysis and bleeding from the gum (both internal and external use). 3. to reduce exudation, relieve itchi
therapeutic en class
Toxin-Attacking And Worm-Expelling And Itch-Relieving Medicinal
therapeutic cn class
攻毒杀虫止痒药
tcm id id
54
alias name
石涅; 矾石; 羽涅; 羽泽; 涅石; 矾石; 理石; 白君; 明矾; 雪矾; 云母矾; 生矾

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