Talc (Talcum)

滑石huá shíHuashi

Talcum · Plant

talc, standing in for Talcum
This photo shows talc, not Talcum: Wikidata knows no taxon by that name. Photo: Didier Descouens, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

For external use only; avoid inhalation; may contain asbestos contaminants; avoid application to broken skin.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Talc for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Inflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Talc does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit Skin

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Talcum and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.