The difference between sodium sulfate and sodium sulfate

Both potassium sulfate and Glauber's salt are relatively common traditional Chinese medicines. Glauber's salt is a sulfate mineral, while potassium sulfate is a crystal. Glauber's salt can play a very good role in treating dry stool, and has the effect of moisturizing dryness and softening hard masses, while potassium sulfate can also play a very good effect in preventing blood stasis and irritability and insomnia. These are two different medicines and should be distinguished during treatment.

Glauber's Salt:

Chinese medicine name. It is a crystal formed by processing and refining of the sulfate mineral Glauber's salt. It mainly contains aqueous sodium sulfate (Na2SO4·10H2O). It is distributed in most parts of the country. It has the effects of purging bowels, moistening dryness and softening hard masses, clearing away heat and reducing swelling. It is often used to treat symptoms such as excess heat stagnation, abdominal distension and pain, dry and hard stools, and intestinal abscesses and swelling and pain; it is also used externally to treat breast abscesses and swollen and painful hemorrhoids.

The effects and functions of Glauber's salt: Glauber's salt is a refined crystal obtained by boiling the mineral Glauber's salt. The effects of Glauber's salt are softening and purging, clearing away heat and dampness, breaking up blood and dredging menstruation, reducing swelling and treating sores. The function of Glauber's salt is to treat real heat stagnation, abdominal distension and constipation, red eyes and cataracts. The contraindications of Glauber's salt are that people with weak spleen and stomach and pregnant women should not take Glauber's salt.

Saltpeter:

It tastes salty, slightly bitter and is cold in nature. It is formed into crystals by the cold water energy of heaven and earth. Water can overcome fire, and cold can overcome heat. It is an essential medicine for those with excessive heart fire and real heat. It is used to treat heart heat and phlegm, mental confusion, hot flashes in the five hearts, irritability and insomnia. Moreover, salt can soften hard masses and its nature is good at digestion, so it can relieve dry and hard stools and dissolve all kinds of blood stasis. Salt enters the blood, so it is good at removing blood stasis and treating fetal stillbirth in pregnant women.

Applying dissolved water as eye drops or decocted water for fumigation and washing can brighten the eyes, eliminate cataracts, and cure redness and swelling of the eyes. "Shennong's Herbal Classic" says that refining and taking it can maintain health. The so-called refining means that if it is processed into Xuanming powder, its properties are especially good. However, nowadays, few Xuanming powders are refined according to the correct method. Most of the Xuanming powders sold in pharmacies are weathered saltpeter, which has the same properties as saltpeter.