Withered alum and ancient alum generally refer to alum, which is the same kind of medicinal herb, with the effects of clearing heat and eliminating phlegm, stopping bleeding and diarrhea, drying dampness and relieving itching, and detoxifying and killing insects.
Alum is cold in nature, sour in flavor, and is attributed to the lung, liver, spleen, stomach and large intestine meridians. This product has the effect of drying dampness and relieving itching, detoxifying and killing insects, and can be used to treat eczema and itching, ulcers and scabies.
It can be used to treat diarrhea and dysentery, epistaxis (vomiting blood, nosebleed) and hematemesis; it can be used to treat epilepsy and madness by clearing heat and eliminating phlegm.
In addition, this product can also be used for the treatment of jaundice due to dampness-heat, which can reduce yellow and remove dampness-heat.
Adverse effects of this product is not clear, weak stomach, no damp-heat phlegm fire patients are prohibited. It is recommended that patients who are not feeling well go to regular hospitals in time, and follow the doctor’s instructions for symptomatic treatment.