Is realgar harmful to pregnant women? What are its medicinal values?

In life, when people use realgar, they are also very concerned about its toxicity. Pregnant women should be more careful when using this toxic substance. So, is realgar harmful to pregnant women?

Is realgar harmful to pregnant women?

Realgar contains sulfur, a toxic substance that can cause great damage to the human body. If ordinary people eat it, it will be harmful to the body. If pregnant women eat it, it will cause great harm to the development of the child at the very least, and in severe cases it will cause mental retardation and lifelong disability, and sometimes it will cause miscarriage.

Medicinal value of realgar

Detoxify, kill insects, dry dampness and eliminate phlegm, and stop malaria. Used for carbuncles, furuncles, snake and insect bites, abdominal pain caused by worm accumulation, epilepsy, and malaria.

1. To treat scabies and ringworms: take equal parts of realgar and Cnidium monnieri, grind them into powder, and reduce the amount of mercury by half. Mix it with lard and mash it evenly, then add mercury and grind it again until no stars are visible. Wash with soup and apply medicine in the morning and evening. (Jiang Yuefeng's Family Recipe)

2. Treatment of white baldness: realgar and pig bile. And apply it. (The Record of the Holy Spirit)

3. To treat pain in the mouth: one qian of realgar and one liang of Evodia rutaecarpa. Grind it into powder, mix with sesame oil and apply on the affected area. (From "Experience Collection" by Xiong Wusan)

4. To treat gallbladder disease, foul-smelling rot and bleeding: take seven grains of realgar beans. Each grain is wrapped with a pitted Huai jujube, strung with iron wire over a lamp and burned into powder. Mix a little bit each time, remove the saliva, and stop when the condition is cured. (《All Children's Heart》)

5. To treat snakebite: grind realgar into powder, mix with vinegar, and take with wine. It can be used for all bites caused by snakes, bees, scorpions, centipedes, poisonous insects, and stray dogs. (The Effective Prescriptions of Worldly Doctors)

6. To treat tetanus: one qian of realgar, two qian of siler, and one qian of aconite. Grind the above ingredients into fine powder, take one dose at a time, and mix with warm wine. If the internal organs are in harmony, you can take the medicine; if the internal organs are not in harmony, you cannot take the medicine. (Real Huang San is published in Su Tong Bing Ji Bao Ming Ji)