The efficacy of natural copper in traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine is a kind of medicine. It has a strong smell and most people may not be able to accept it, but its effects and functions are quite great. Traditional Chinese medicine generally needs to be boiled by oneself. Natural copper is one of the traditional Chinese medicines. It is a traditional Chinese medicine composed of some high molecular substances. Natural copper has some special effects, but many people don’t know its effects. So what are the effects of natural copper in traditional Chinese medicine?

Natural copper in traditional Chinese medicine is pyrite, a sulfide iron ore mineral. Also known as stone marrow lead (Leigong Paozhi Lun) and square copper (Pharmacology), it is a commonly used blood-activating, blood-stasis-removing and analgesic drug. However, in geology, native copper has a different definition. It is a natural elemental mineral whose component is copper. When the output is large, it can be mined as a copper deposit. Native copper in the field of mineralogy should not be confused with pyrite.

Native copper is natural pyrite, which mainly contains iron disulfide (FeS2).

It is mainly produced in Sichuan, Yunnan, Hunan and Guangdong. It can be harvested in all seasons. Most of them are in the shape of square or fragments, with bright yellow surface and metallic luster, and some are brown. The stripes on adjacent crystal faces of the cube are perpendicular to each other and are brown-black or green-black. It is heavy, hard and brittle, easy to break, with a hardness of 6-6.5 and a specific gravity of 4.9-5.2. The fracture is strip-shaped and sometimes shell-shaped. Odorless and tasteless.

Forged natural copper is commonly used in clinical applications. It is dark brown, dull, brittle and easily broken. Function and indications

Dissipate blood stasis, relieve pain, set bones and heal injuries. Used for fractures caused by falls, swelling and pain due to blood stasis, etc.

After natural copper is mined, impurities are removed, the copper is washed, dried, and crushed; or it is calcined with fire and quenched with vinegar until the surface turns dark brown, the luster disappears, and the copper becomes crisp, then dried in the sun and ground into coarse powder.

1. Pharmacological effects of natural copper

Promote fracture healing. Experimental observations have shown that natural copper can promote the growth and maturation of callus in artificial fractures of rabbits and accelerate bone healing.

Effects on the blood system. This product can promote the proliferation of reticular cells and hemoglobin in the bone marrow itself and the surrounding blood.

Antifungal effect. In the test tube, natural steel has different degrees of anti-fungal effect on a variety of pathogenic fungi tested, especially on filamentous fungi such as Trichophyton gypseum and Aspergillus terreus. Gypsum-like trichophyton was inoculated into the back of guinea pigs to create an experimental tinea corporis model in guinea pigs. Natural copper decoction was then applied to the lesion site. It was found that natural copper also had a certain therapeutic effect on experimental tinea corporis in guinea pigs.