Pi Shuang砒霜
Arsenicum SablimatumArsenic
- Toxic
- Category
- Substances for Topical Application**
- Nature
- extremely hot
- Taste
- pungent, sour
- Channels entered
- Spleen, Lung, Liver
- Dosage
- 0.3–0.75 g
Usual doses
- Pills and powders
- 0.3–0.75 g
Actions & indications
- Eliminates phlegm and calms dyspnea
- Scrofula, hemorrhoids, recurrent dysentery and asthma with Cold Phlegm
- Prevents malaria
- Malaria
- Kills parasites and erodes sores topically
- Non-healing ulcers, tinea, sores, syphilis and ulcerative gingivitis
Contraindications
- Contraindicated during pregnancy.
- Contraindicated in the physically weak.
- Highly toxic; internal use demands great caution.
- Use caution with long-term use.
- Must not be taken with wine.
- Overuse externally may cause intoxication.
Incompatibilities
Its action is inhibited by mercury, Shui Yin.
Notes
- This substance's use is prohibited.
- For oral use it must first be decocted with Semen Phaseoli Radiati Lu Dou or bean curd, and dosage must be kept within a safe limit.
- It is a toxin that breaks down and destroys ulcerous cells and kills malignant cells.
- It corrodes carbuncles and deep-rooted carbuncles, and is poisonous to insects, animals and humans.
- For anal fistula, it is fried and ground to a powder, wrapped in thin paper and inserted into the anus, treating only one fistula at a time.