| Pharmaceutical name: 英文藥名﹕ | Mirabilitum; Natrium sulfuricum Natrii sulfas exsiccatus |
| Latin name: 學名﹕ | Natrium sulfuricum |
| Pron. in Japanese: 日語發音﹕ | bosho |
| Pron. in Korean: 高麗發音﹕ | mangch'o |
| Pron. in Cantonese: 廣東音﹕ | mang shiu |
| Other Names: 別名﹕ | xiao shi 消石﹐pu xiao 朴硝﹐ pi xiao 皮硝﹐ xie yan 瀉
鹽﹐ mang xiao 芒消﹐ mang ya 芒芽﹐ yuan ming fen 元明粉﹐xuan ming fen 玄明粉。(為芒硝 經風化乾燥制得)。 Note: yuan ming fen or xuan ming fen is anhydrous sodium sulfate. |
| Common Name: 英語﹕ | Glauber's salt, sodium sulfate |
| Distribution: 分佈﹕ | Qinghai, Hebei, Henan, Shandong, Jiangsu, Anhui. 青海﹐ 河北﹐ 河南 ﹐ 山東﹐ 江蘇﹐ 安徽。 |
| Properties (characteristics)﹕ 性味﹕ | salty, bitter, cold. 味鹹，苦，性寒。 |
| Channels (meridians) entered: 歸經﹕ | stomach, large intestine. 胃﹐ 大腸。 |
| Actions & Indications: | constipation with dark urine, fullness and pain in abdomen. conjunctivitis boils in mouth and tongue swollen and painful throat area tumor of the breast for stopping lactation worm parasites of small children red, swollen boils, before breakage
功能﹕瀉 熱通便，潤燥軟堅，消熱解毒。 主治﹕尿赤實熱便結, 上腹硬悶, 腹滿疼, 胸部脹 滿，痛目赤腫痛， 結膜炎，口腔糜爛，口舌生瘡、 咽喉腫痛， 發熱，乳癰腫痛, 乳婦回乳, 小兒食積腹脹, 目赤腫痛, 瘡瘍未潰之紅腫熱痛等。 |
| Medical Function: 藥理: | promote movement of intestine and create diarrhea antibiotic anti-inflammatory 藥理: 引起腸蠕動亢進而致瀉； 抗菌、抗炎。
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| Chemical Ingredients: 化學成份: | sodium sulfate (Na2SO4 ยท10H 2 O) 硫酸鈉 |
| Dosage: 用量﹕ | mang xiao: 10 to 20 g. xuan ming fen 3 to 9 g. 芒硝﹕ 10～20克 玄明粉﹕ 3 ~9 克。 |
Samples of formula: 配方舉例: | fang feng tong sheng san 防風通聖散 da cheng qi tang 大承氣湯 |
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| Cautions: 禁忌﹕ | not to use in cases of pregnancies or those with pixu (spleen deficient) condition. 脾虛胃寒者及孕婦忌服。 |