xiong huang

About xiong huang

Names

Classification

Channels

Large Intestine, Stomach, Liver

Flavour

Acrid

Temperature

Warm

Actions and indications

Combinations

• huang lian

  Scabies, applied topically, with itchy, cracked skin that is worse at night and lesions that weep after scratching

• huang bai + bing pian

  Eczema and scabies, applied topically

• peng sha

  Ulcers of the throat, tongue and mouth

• ming fan

  Applied topically: nasal polyps; Wind-Damp sores, tinea itch or itching from skin disease; sores that are red, swollen, itchy and painful

• wu ling zhi

  Venomous snakebite, taken internally and applied topically

• she xiang + ru xiang + mo yao

  Hard suppurating lesions, abscesses among them

• bing lang + da huang + qian niu zi

  Taken internally for intestinal parasite accumulation causing severe abdominal pain

• dan dou chi + ru xiang

  Malarial disorders.

• yu jin

  Childhood convulsions with heavy Phlegm obstruction

• bing pian

  Herpes zoster, used as a tincture

• xi xin + bi ba + she xiang

  Rabies.

• xing ren + qing fen + zhu dan

  Syphilitic chancres. (topical)

• ba dou + ku lian pi + bing lang + gan qi

  Abdominal pain from intestinal parasites

• gan qi + chuan shan jia + lei wan

  Cerebral cysticercosis.

• shan ci gu + zhu sha + qian jin zi

  Malaria.

• zhu sha

  Seizures, epilepsy and convulsions.

• fang feng + zhi cao wu

  Tetanus.

Dosage

Cautions

• pregnancy Contraindicated in pregnancy
• contraindication Yin or Blood deficiency
• contraindication Malnutrition from disharmony of Ying and Wei
• caution Not for long-term use, or for application over a large area of skin
• contraindication Never heat, calcine or decoct it, or mix it with hot water: heat turns its arsenic sulfide into the far more toxic arsenic trioxide
• caution An arsenic mineral: modern safety literature treats internal use as a serious hazard, and its sale is restricted to prescription in some jurisdictions
• caution Serious harm has followed topical use alone, including fatal arsenic poisoning and fatal toxic epidermal necrolysis from realgar ointments
• caution Repeated use over many years has been linked to multiple skin cancers

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