What are the medicinal properties of talcum powder?

Today, I would like to introduce to you a medicine called talcum powder. I guess when this drug is mentioned, many people don’t know what it is used for. As the name suggests, talcum powder is a kind of powder that is white in color and has very high medicinal value. Next, let’s take a look at the content of talc through some detailed information.

[Properties] This product is white or off-white, fine, non-gritty powder and feels smooth to the touch. Odorless and tasteless.

This product is insoluble in water, dilute hydrochloric acid or dilute sodium hydroxide solution.

[Identification] Take this product and perform the tests as in [Identification] (1) and (2) under talc. The same reaction will be shown.

[Inspection] Acidity and alkalinity: Take 10g of this product, add 50ml of water, boil for 30 minutes, replenish the lost water from time to time, and filter. The filtrate should show a neutral reaction when it comes into contact with litmus paper.

Soluble in water Take 5g of this product, add 30ml of water, boil for 30 minutes, replenish lost water from time to time, cool, filter, wash the residue with 5ml of water, combine the washing liquid and the filtrate, evaporate to dryness, and dry at 105℃

After 1 hour, the remaining residue shall not exceed 5 mg (0.1%). More: http://www.51240.com/

Take 1g of the product soluble in acid, add 20ml of dilute hydrochloric acid, soak at 50℃ for 15 minutes, and filter. Take 10ml of the filtrate and add 1ml of dilute sulfuric acid

, evaporate to dryness, and ignite to constant weight. The remaining residue shall not exceed 7.5 mg (1.5%).

Iron salt: Take 10g of this product, add 30ml of water, heat and boil for 30 minutes, replenish the lost water at any time, cool, filter, add 1ml of dilute hydrochloric acid and potassium ferrocyanide test solution to the filtrate, and no blue color should appear immediately.

Loss on ignition: Take this product and ignite it at 600-700℃ to constant weight. The weight loss shall not exceed 5.0%.

The above is a detailed explanation of some relevant information about the medicinal properties of talcum powder. Although talcum powder has very high medicinal value, it is also a toxic substance. Therefore, people must be very careful when using talcum powder and must not be careless, so as not to lose more than the gain.