Revisiting some overlooked registered Thai traditional medicine preparations: an alert to a regulatory affair

Bulletin of the National Research Centre

Table 1 The most common use of the Thai traditional medicine used in the present study

Thai traditional medicine	Medicinal use	Reference
Realgar	Enhances complexion, reduces fat, useful to treat asthma, bronchitis, anti-cancer agent, impurities of blood, considered spermatic and masculine	Smith (1871); Mookerji (1984); Wu et al. (2011)
Orpiment (As₂S₃)	To treat blood cancer and sexually transmitted diseases, applied topically to treat laryngitis in children	Yang et al. (1999); Maneekul and Samranjit (1998, 2001)
Chinese Powder (2PbCO₃.Pb(OH)₂)	To treat worm, diarrhea, scabies, carbuncle, and sore	Liu et al. (2013)
Sen (Pb₃O₄)	Applied topically to treat eczema, tinea, and epidermal infections	Liu et al. (2013)
Vermilion (HgS)	Used to recover liver, lung and bone functions, and used in cosmetics and medicine	Picheansoonthon (2014); Kalisinska et al. (2019)
Cinnabar (HgS)	Used in treatment of neurological disease, insomnia, palpitations, and epilepsy. One of the ingredient used for sedative therapy and managing of exterior infections in children and infants	Picheansoonthon (2014); Jain et al. (2019)