The invention discloses an externally applied ointment for treating
beriberi. The externally applied ointment for treating the
beriberi is prepared from the following components: 500 grams of cortex phellodendri chinensis, 500 grams of radix sophorae flavescentis, 500 grams of medical
salicylic acid, 100 grams of cortex pseudolaricis, 100 grams of radix paeoniae rubra and 50 grams of dried
alum. The constituent component cortex phellodendri chinensis of the externally applied ointment for treating the
beriberi has the functions of clearing away heat, eliminating dampness, purging fire and clearing away a
toxin, and is used for hygropyretic
diarrhea and
dysentery, icteric reddish
urine,
leukorrhea pruritus vulvae, pyretic-stranguria difficulty and pain, beriberi
flaccid paralysis and shrinkage, osteopyrexia heat,
night sweat,
spermatorrhea, sore-ulcer pyogenic infections, eczema, a damp sore, hyperactivity of fire due to
yin deficiency, the
night sweat and osteopyrexia; the radix sophorae flavescentis has the functions of clearing away the heat, eliminating the dampness, desinsecting and inducing
diuresis, and is used for pyretic
dysentery,
hematochezia, icteric urodialysis,
leukorrhea with reddish
discharge, swelling vulvae,
pruritus vulvae, the eczema, the damp sore,
skin itching,
scabies and lepriasis and externally treating
trichomonas vaginitis and the medical
salicylic acid can be used for inhibiting the growth of a bacterium, and is used for reducing the generation of a virulent factor of the bacterium, realizing an
antibacterial effect and improving the sensitivity,to some antibacterial medicines, of the bacterium.