Red Mercuric Oxide
Hydrargyri Oxydum Rubrum
Hong Fen

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Pungent; hot; extremely poisonous

Part(s) used

Potential toxicity/side effects

Extremely toxic

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

Treatment of carbuncles, sores, chancre and other malignant boils with darkcoloured putrid tissues, formation of fistulae or sinuses, constant discharge of pus, and difficult to heal up.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Treatment of carbuncles, sores, chancre and other malignant boils with darkcoloured putrid tissues, formation of fistulae or sinuses, constant discharge of pus, and difficult to heal up.