The effect and function of realgar

Realgar, also known as yellow food stone, stone yellow, yellow stone, is a sulfide mineral realgar, mainly containing arsenic disulfide, distributed in Hunan, Guizhou and other places. It has the effects of detoxification and insecticidal, dryness and dampness, expectoration and intercepting malaria. It has therapeutic effects on swollen sores, snakebite, abdominal pain, seizures, malaria and other diseases. Let's take a look at the efficacy and effect of realgar.

Medicinal effect of realgar

[nature] pungent, warm.

Meridian of liver and large intestine.

[efficacy] detoxify and kill insects, dry dampness and remove phlegm, intercept malaria, mainly treat carbuncle, sores, snakebite, abdominal pain, epilepsy and malaria.

Related discussion of realgar

1. Benjing: main cold and heat, rat fistula, acne, gangrenous hemorrhoids, dead muscle, insecticidal poison.

2. "don't record": treat scabies, occult sores, eye pain, nasal polyps and broken bones. In a hundred knots, there is a strong wind, accumulation, addiction, abdominal pain, killing serpent venom, antidote veratrum poison.

3. "Compendium": treat malaria, cold and heat, summer dysentery, alcohol addiction, epilepsy, dizziness, blood stasis in the abdomen, killing labor insects.

Pharmacological effects of realgar

1. Antibacterial activity: realgar water extract (1:2) had different inhibitory effects on many kinds of skin fungi in the test tube. The mixture of calamus, moxa leaf and realgar can kill Staphylococcus aureus, Proteus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa for more than 2 hours.

2. Insecticidal effect: mice infected with Schistosoma japonicum cercariae were given realgar, betel nut, ferula and cinnamon mixture 0.2 ml / 20 g 3 days before infection, and continued administration for 12 days after infection. The adult worm reduction rate reached 75.27%, the animal worm-free rate reached 14.29%, and the female-free rate reached 42.86%.

Medicinal prescription of realgar

1. Treat snake entanglement sores and injuries caused by snakes, bees, centipedes, poisonous insects and dogs: realgar is the end, vinegar is adjusted slowly, and alcohol is still used.

2. treatment of red nose: realgar five coins (with transparent blocks, no stone, red is better), sulfur five coins, Chen Xiaofan (real). Study the fines together, put them together and apply them with milk.

3. Cure tetanus: realgar one money, Fangfeng two money, grass black one money. The top is fine powder, one word for each service, and the warm wine is adjusted. The more you can be satisfied with harmony, the more you cannot be convinced by discord.

4, to treat abdominal ruffian block: realgar or two, alum one or two. In the end, the batter is mixed with paste.

5. Treat scabies and ringworm all over the body: realgar and Fructus Cnidii are equally divided, all are fine, and mercury is reduced by half. With lard and mash well, add mercury and then study, in order to do not see the stars. Wash and apply medicine with soup in the morning and evening.

6. Treat carbuncle, gangrene, gangrene and all kinds of sores: realgar and talc. Top for the end, mixed with sores after washing, cover with cotton seed to protect each other. For those who are worn out after washing, use this to paste it.

7. For the treatment of epilepsy and apoplexy, the more often it occurs: realgar (water flying over), gallbladder south star (all fine), hemp and so on. Grind evenly, rice paste into pills, such as mung beans. Take one yuan after breakfast, under the white soup.

8. Treat hemorrhoids with intestinal redness: realgar one cent, gallnut one or two, alum two cents. At the end of the study, black plum meat is a pill. One yuan per serving, under the hollow soup.

Toxic and side effects of realgar

A case of acute poisoning of realgar containing arsenic was reported. The main symptoms of poisoning were vomiting and diarrhea. Realgar mixed with arsenic in the market should be selected carefully when used medicinally. The red and yellow shape such as chicken crown is purer. If it is white crystal or white when crushed, it is a sign of arsenic, and it should be used with special care. For first aid after poisoning, you can use Fangji 3 yuan or 1 serving of raw licorice, 2 servings of mung beans, fried juice and take frequently. Realgar is much less toxic than arsenic trioxide, but arsenic poisoning can easily occur after taking realgar for a long time. Realgar is oxidized into highly toxic arsenic trioxide by oxygen when heated, and the medicinal realgar also contains about 1% of arsenic trioxide, which should be paid special attention to when used.

Taboo attention of realgar

1. Internal administration of realgar should be careful

2. Realgar should not be used for a long time.

3. Yin deficiency and blood deficiency and pregnant women should not take realgar.

Clinical application of realgar