Talcum powder has diuretic and laxative, clearing heat and relieving summer heat, dispelling dampness and converging sores, etc. Talcum powder can absorb a large number of chemical irritants and poisons due to its small particles and large total area, and can have a protective effect when it is dispersed on the surface of inflamed or broken tissues. When taken internally, it can protect the inflamed gastrointestinal mucosa, and play the role of antiemetic, antidiarrheal, etc. It can also prevent the absorption of toxic substances in the gastrointestinal tract, so talcum powder has a protective effect on the gastric mucosa, play the role of antiemetic, antidiarrheal, etc. In addition, talcum powder also has antibacterial effect, with the plate method to make the medium containing 10% talcum powder, the inhibition of S. typhi and A. paratyphi, with the paper method is only a mild inhibition of meningococcus. In addition, talcum powder can treat postpartum dripping, treatment of urinary discomfort, pain in the stem, less abdominal acute pain, also can treat typhoid fever, epistaxis, do not eat and treatment of toe stitches rotten, also can be used to treat children’s body heat, day bubble damp heat and other sores, talcum powder can also clear heat and dampness, benefit the orifice, treatment of summer dampness and thirst, urinary discomfort, water discharge, fever dysentery, gonorrhea, jaundice, edema, blood in urine, foot and skin wet rotten.