Function of Sulfur Ointment

Mainly made of sulfur mixed with petroleum jelly. Traditional Chinese medicine believes that sulfur is used externally to detoxify and kill insects to cure sores, and internally to tonify fire and help Yang to pass stools, with a small poison, so it should not be used for a long time. Sulfur cream is often used to treat the skin disease, scabies. Sulfur cream for the treatment of scabies, the drug selection is correct, and the use of methods should also be suitable to have an effect, scabies local treatment routine (10% sulfur ointment or cream, for example):

1. In order to give full play to the role of topical medications, the application of the drug should be a hot bath before the use of the drug during the ban on bathing, no change of clothes;

2. Apply the topical medication once a day in the morning and evening, adults since the neck below the whole body coated with the good parts of the body should be coated several times, 5 days for a period of time. It should be applied several times, 5 days for a course of treatment;

3. At the end of the course of treatment, take a hot bath, and then change clean clothes, sheets and bedclothes. The changed items should be boiled in water or soaked in medicinal water (e.g., Neosporin) to disinfect them. Can also be washed and dried into a plastic bag after half a month before use;

4. The disease should be observed for 2 weeks after treatment to see whether the recurrence, such as the need to repeat a course of treatment;

5. Family or collective unit if there are other patients with the same, should be treated at the same time in order to cut off the source of infection.