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🌿 Herb

Talc

5
Clinical Trials
0
Meta-Analyses
0
PubMed References
📋 Sample Trials
NCT02674243
Efficacy of Iodopovidone Versus Talc in Palliative Malignant Pleural Effusion
Completed · Phase 3
NCT00002622
Talc in Treating Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion
Completed · Phase 3
NCT04792970
Randomized Controlled Trial of Talc Instillation In Addition To Daily Drainage Through a Tunneled Pleural Catheter to Improve Rates of Outpatient Pleurodesis in Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion
Terminated · Phase 4
📊 Sample Meta-Analyses
None linked yet.
📚 Sample References
None linked yet.
🌿 All Herb data fields for Talc
🌿 Names
Pinyin Name
Hua Shi
中文名 (Chinese)
滑石
Latin Name
Talcum
English Name
Talc
Alias Names
液石; 共石; 脱石; 番石; 夕冷; 脆石; 留石; 画石; 活石
☯ TCM Properties
Therapeutic Class (EN)
Diuretic Dampness Excreting Drugs
功效分类 (CN)
利水渗湿药
🩺 Clinical Profile
Function (功能)
Treatment of urinary infection, urolithiasis with difficult urination accompanied by burning pain, fidgetness and thirst caused by summer damp, diarrhea caused by damp-heat, external use for eczema, sores with marked exudation, miliaria.
Indication (主治)
Treatment of urinary infection, urolithiasis with difficult urination accompanied by burning pain, fidgetness and thirst caused by summer damp, diarrhea caused by damp-heat, external use for eczema, sores with marked exudation, miliaria.
🔗 External References
TCMID
4660
TCM-ID
933
🔍 Raw view — every non-empty column on this row (25 fields)
name
Talc
chinese name
滑石
pinyin name
Hua Shi
latin name
Talcum
english name
Talc
tcmid id
4660
herb id str
HERB002450
function text
Treatment of urinary infection, urolithiasis with difficult urination accompanied by burning pain, fidgetness and thirst caused by summer damp, diarrhea caused by damp-heat, external use for eczema, sores with marked exudation, miliaria.
indication
Treatment of urinary infection, urolithiasis with difficult urination accompanied by burning pain, fidgetness and thirst caused by summer damp, diarrhea caused by damp-heat, external use for eczema, sores with marked exudation, miliaria.
therapeutic en class
Diuretic Dampness Excreting Drugs
therapeutic cn class
利水渗湿药
tcm id id
933
alias name
液石; 共石; 脱石; 番石; 夕冷; 脆石; 留石; 画石; 活石

📋 Clinical Trials

5 · subject of clinical study
NCT02674243 Efficacy of Iodopovidone Versus Talc in Palliative Malignant Pleural Effusion
→ Malignant Pleural Effusion
NCT00002622 Talc in Treating Patients With Malignant Pleural Effusion
→ Metastatic Cancer
NCT04792970 Randomized Controlled Trial of Talc Instillation In Addition To Daily Drainage T
→ Malignant Pleural Effusion
NCT00821860 Video-Assisted Surgery or Talc Pleurodesis in Treating Patients With Malignant M
→ Malignant Mesothelioma|Metastatic Cancer
NCT00002872 Bleomycin, Doxycycline, or Talc in Treating Patients With Malignant Pleural Effu
→ Metastatic Cancer
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