INDIVIDUAL HERBS
| Pharmaceutical Latin: | Cera Flava |
| Common English: | Beeswax |
Herbs for External Application
| Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Sweet |
Slightly Warm |
Spleen |
External application |
| Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Arrests discharges, promotes healing of wounds, promotes tissue regeneration and alleviate pain |
Ulcer which is difficult to heal, wounds, burns and scalds, ecthyma erosion, ulcerated trauma |
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- For external use, the appropriate quantity is to be melted and applied topically.
- It is often used as excipient and ground substanse of ointments.
- Wax exerts little or no influence upon the system, though it has been recommended, combined with olive oil and the yolk of egg, in diarrhoea, dysentery, and inflammation of the alimentary mucous membrane.