INDIVIDUAL HERBS

NAME: ZAO FAN - 皂矾 - MELANTERITUM

Pharmaceutical Latin: Melanteritum
Common English: Melanterite
Ferrous Sulfate Heptahydrate

CATEGORY

Substances for External Use

PROPERTIES

Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Sour
Astringent
Cool
Spleen
Liver
(Lungs)
0.8-4.5g

ACTIONS AND INDICATIONS

Actions Indications/Syndromes

Dries Dampness and resolves Phlegm

General edema with Yin jaundice, chronic dysentery, chronic diarrhea

Kills parasites and dispels Accumulation

Malnutrition, infantile malnutrition

Nourishes the Blood and controls bleeding

Anemia, jaundice due to Blood Deficiency, hematochezia due to intestinal bleeding

Removes toxins and controls furuncles

Furuncles, eczema, scabies, pharyngitis, oral lesions, blepharitis ulcerosa, aphthae

CONTRAINDICATIONS, INCOMPATIBILITIES AND HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated during the first trimester following hematemesis.
  • Contraindicated for Stomach diseases.
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy. 
  • Use caution as oral intake may cause vomiting, abdominal pain, diarrhea, and dizziness.
  • Strictly avoid tea. 
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

MAJOR COMBINATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTES

  1. For external use, take the required quantity of powder that can be mixed with oil or dissolved in water to wash the lesions. 
  2. It shouldn’t be decocted. Take the pills or powder.
  3. For anemia caused by Kidney failure, Take 200g Zao Fan, 500g Fr. Jujube Da Zao (pitted), 400g stir fried wheat flour, 10g Flos Caryophylli Ding Xiang and 200g honey. Mix well and make into pills about the size of peas. Take 10 to 15 pills each time, twice a day.