Resolve toxin and kill worms, eliminate dampness and relieve itching when used externally; stanch bleeding and check diarrhea, dispel wind and eliminate phlegm when taken orally. For treatment of eczema, scab and lichen, rectocele, hemorrhoid and purulent neck/ear discharge in external application; and protracted diarrhea, bloody stool, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, epilepsy and mania after oral administration. Calcined alum: astringe dampness and close sores, stanch bleeding and remove putridity; for treatment of eczema, damp sores, rectocele, hemorrhoid, purulent ear discharge, pudendal itch and vaginal discharge, nose and gum bleeding and nasal polyp.

Quicken the blood and relieve pain, relax tendons and activate collaterals, dispel wind and eliminate dampness. For treatment of hemiplegia, headache, stumbling and falling injuries, wind-damp impediment pain and lumbocrural pain.

Quiet the spirit, disperse aggregations and move water. For treatment of fright wind and epilepsy, abdominal pain caused by blood stasis, scar pain, inhibited urination and bloody and painful urination.