Chinese Medicine Specimen Database

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紅粉 Red Mercuric Oxide Hong Fen

ID: D00186

Pharmaceutical Name:
Hydrargyri Oxydum Rubrum

Location: 33

Chinese Name

紅粉

Chinese Pinyin

Hong Fen

English Name

Red Mercuric Oxide

Family

Red mercuric oxide

Taste

Odour

odourless

Clinical Indications

1. Chancre
2. Sore, carbuncles (with darkcoloured putrid tissues, constant discharge of pus and difficult to heal up) with possible complications such as fistula and sinuses formation

Origin of Production

Display Category

31 Types of Poisonous/Toxic Chinese Medicines Under Regulation in Hong Kong

Function Category

Detoxicating, Pus Evacuating and Tissue Regenerating Drugs

Medicine Category

Mineral

Source

Centre Collection

Permanent URL：https://sys01.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/cmed/cmsd/detail.php?herb_id=D00186