The efficacy of realgar and its harm to human body

In clinical practice, people often use traditional Chinese medicine to treat their common diseases. And realgar is one of them. So, what are the effects of realgar?

The efficacy and function of realgar

Drying dampness, dispelling wind, killing insects and detoxifying. It is used to treat scabies, baldness, carbuncle, tooth decay, herpes zoster, tetanus, snake, insect and crab bites, axillary odor, ecthyma, asthma, laryngeal congestion, epilepsy, hemorrhoids and fistula.

① "Ben Jing": "It can cure cold and heat, fistula, malignant sore, carbuncle, hemorrhoids, dead muscle, and kill all kinds of insect poison."

② "Bie Lu": "It can treat scabies, sores, eye pain, nasal polyps, broken tendons and broken bones. It can also treat strong winds in the joints, accumulation, bad breath, abdominal pain caused by bad luck, kill the venom of snakes and vipers, and detoxify Veratrum."

③ "Rihuazi Bencao": "It can treat scabies, wind evil, epilepsy, miasma, and all bites by snakes, insects, dogs and animals."

④ Wang Haogu: "Searching for liver qi, purging liver wind, and eliminating salivation."

⑤ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can treat malaria, cold and fever, summer heat diarrhea, alcohol addiction, epilepsy, headache, dizziness, dissolve blood stasis in the abdomen, and kill worms and malnutrition."

⑥ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can treat carbuncle, rotten flesh, rat paralysis, carbuncle, hemorrhoids and other poisons."

Harm of realgar to human body:

The main component of realgar is arsenic sulfide, which is the main raw material for extracting arsenic. Realgar contains strong carcinogens, and even small doses can cause damage to the liver. Realgar is corrosive, and if people take realgar, it can easily cause poisoning. In mild cases, people will experience symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, and even central nervous system paralysis, confusion, coma, etc. In severe cases, it can even cause death.