Borax
Borax
Peng Sha

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Cool; sweet; salty

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treatment of aphthae, thrush, sorethroat, otopyorrhea, pulpitis, pustolosis, and cervical erosion, used together with borneolum syntheticum, cinnabaris and natrii sulfas exsiccatus, for conjunctivitis and nebula, used as eyewash, for mycotic vaginitis, mixed with borneoum syntheticum as paste for topical application. treatment of cough of lung-heat type and of deficiency-fire type, whooping cough, etc.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

It is a weak bacteriostatic, and is non-irritative.