Lead Powder
Hydrocerussitum
Qian Fen

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Minor cold; pungent

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Toxic

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

1. treatment of scabies, pustulosis, unhealed lesion, burn, etc., usually mixed with honey for external use. 2. treatment of malaria, used together with herba artemisiae annuae or radix dichroae.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

It chiefly contains pb3o4 or 2pbo.pbo2. it is a bactericide and parasticide, and inhibits the secretion of mucosa.