The efficacy and role of talcum powder

Talc powder is a white powdery substance. Its main component is silicate. After purification, it is colorless and odorless. It can be used directly in medicine or in the processing of traditional Chinese medicine and cosmetics. It has a wide range of applications in daily life.

Efficacy and function

1. Talc powder can be used for hot shower, stone shower and other diseases. The medicine is low in triglyceride content, cold in nature and heavy in nature. It is good at inducing diuresis to relieve stranguria, clearing heat and reducing diarrhea, and at the same time, it can expel stones. It is an important medicine for treating damp-heat stranguria syndrome. It can be used together with medicines such as money grass, such as Erjin Paishi Decoction; in the treatment of patients with hot stranguria, it can be used together with medicines such as Plantago Seed and Akebia, such as Bazheng San.

2. It can be used to treat talc powder for diseases such as heat, polydipsia, and early dampness and temperature. For those who suffer from excessive thirst due to summer heat and difficulty in urinating, it can be combined with licorice, such as Liuyi San, which can be used to treat patients with the onset of dampness and temperature, headache, aversion to cold, and chest tightness.

3. Talc powder can also be used to treat eczema, eczema and other diseases. Talc powder can be used alone, or mixed with calcined plaster, cork and other medicines, and applied to the affected area.

Modern pharmacological studies have shown that talc powder has the functions of adsorption, astringency, wound protection, secretion absorption, and wound scab formation; talc powder has a certain inhibitory effect on Salmonella typhi, A. paratyphi, and meningococcus.

Talc powder can be used to treat diseases such as urinary stones, bedsores, eczema, dermatitis, and glomerulonephritis.