What are the effects of alum and vinegar together

Alum is a food additive. For example, alum is added when frying dough sticks. Vinegar is a common condiment in our daily life. Alum and vinegar together have certain medicinal value. They have the effects of eliminating phlegm, stopping diarrhea and stopping bleeding. In addition, they also have certain insecticidal effects and have the effect of purifying water. But we must be careful not to consume too much alum to avoid harm to health.

The efficacy and function of alum plus vinegar

[Effects of alum]: Eliminates phlegm, dries dampness, stops diarrhea, stops bleeding, detoxifies, and kills insects. Purify water, generate AL (OH) 3 in water to absorb impurities in water. To achieve the purpose of water purification.

① "Ben Jing": "It is used to treat cold and heat diarrhea, leukorrhea, ulcers in the genitals, eye pain, and strengthen bones and teeth."

② "Bielu": "It can eliminate heat in the bone marrow and remove polyps in the nose."

③ "Medicinal Properties": "It can treat rat fistula, scrofula, nosebleed, nasal congestion, produce saliva in the mouth, and treat acute throat paralysis."

④ "Rihuazi Bencao": "It can eliminate wind and fatigue, eliminate phlegm and quench thirst, and warm water. It can treat aphonia caused by stroke and scabies. Bathing with peach and onion soup can induce sweating."

⑤ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "Grind the dried chrysanthemum into powder and apply it to ingrown nails or bleeding between teeth, and it will heal the wound."

⑥ "Compendium of Materia Medica Mengquan": "It can prevent diarrhea, relieve toothache, wash the anus and intestines. It can be applied to abscesses to absorb water."

⑦ "Medical Introduction": "It can treat sudden swelling and pus in the ear, red eyes, eye opacities, pterygium, oral sores, swollen and bleeding teeth, long-term broken teeth, acute throat rheumatism, heart and lung irritability, wind saliva congestion, thirst and diarrhea. It can also treat poisonous injuries caused by snakes, scorpions, vicious dogs, wall mirrors, donkey saliva, and horse sweat."

⑧ "Compendium of Materia Medica": "It can relieve phlegm and saliva, eliminate phlegm and phosphorus, dry dampness and detoxify, chase away saliva, stop bleeding and relieve pain, erode bad meat and make good meat, treat carbuncle, furuncle, malignant sore, epilepsy, jaundice, urination and defecation, various diseases of the mouth, teeth, eyes and eyes, and bites by tigers, dogs, snakes, scorpions and hundreds of insects."

⑨ "Yi Lin Zong Yao": "When used raw, it can detoxify; when used calcined, it can promote tissue regeneration and eliminate water."

【Function of alum】:

Indications: Treat epilepsy, throat congestion, severe phlegm, hepatitis, jaundice, yellow swelling, gastric and duodenal ulcers, uterine prolapse, leucorrhea, diarrhea, epistaxis, mouth and tongue ulcers, hemorrhoids, scabies, water, fire, and insect bites.

Alum, also known as white alum, is a refined product of alum stone. Alum is cold in nature, sour and astringent in taste, and has a strong astringent effect. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that alum has the effects of detoxifying and killing insects, drying dampness and relieving itching, stopping bleeding and diarrhea, clearing heat and eliminating phlegm. Research in recent years has confirmed that alum also has antibacterial and anti-trichomoniasis effects. Some Chinese medicine practitioners use alum to treat diseases such as hyperlipidemia, duodenal ulcers, and hemoptysis caused by tuberculosis.

In addition, alum is also a traditional food improver and leavening agent, and is often used as an additive in the production of foods such as fried dough sticks, vermicelli, and rice noodles. However, since the chemical composition of alum is potassium aluminum sulfate, which contains aluminum ions, excessive intake will affect the body's absorption of iron, calcium and other components, leading to osteoporosis, anemia, and even affecting the development of nerve cells. Therefore, some nutrition experts suggest that we should try to eat less foods containing alum.