The product has the function of detumescence, detoxification and pestkilling. It can be used in the treatment of furuncle, abscess, malignant boil, ulcer, scald and intractable tinea, etc. The product is virose and can’t be taken orally.
Sanguinarine and chelerythrine containing in the product can restrain the growth of Gram positive bacteria in vitro. They are more sensitive to diplococcus pneumonlae, staphylococcus aureus and bacillus subtilis, and have stronger bacteriostastic activity than berberine. Macleaya Cordata has the function of antieelworm and antileptospira. Animal body experiment taken with rabbit contracting diplococcus pneumonlae proves that the injection of this product can inhibit and postpone the effect of fervescence caused by diplococcus pneumonlae, and have the function of antibiosis and refrigeration. The injection can also be used to treat lobar pneumonia, acute quinsy tonsillitis, tympanitis and tumor of thyroid. etc. The suppositories of sanguinarine and chelerythrine are used on the treatment of cervical erosion in clinically. New anticancer drugs having been exploited with germs of Macleaya Cordata as the raw material by extraction and separation of alkaloid .