Oral administration or hypodermic injection of cang zhu decoction or immersion at the dosage of 8g/kg could slightly increase the blood sugar of normal rabbits. Gastrogavage at the dosage of 10g/kg had same result. But gastrogavage of the same dosage to rabbits with diabetes induced by alloxan could lower the blood sugar level after a slight increase, but the difference was not significant. In the following 10 days of gastrogavage, the blood sugar decreased gradually, and the difference was significant (from 401mg% to 160mg%). 4~17 days after quit of the drug, the blood sugar was not restored to the level before administration.

Cang Zhu had significant preventing effect on mucus membrane ulcer induced by pylorus ligation, aspirin and overmuch gastric acid.

cang zhu, ai ye, bai zhi and xiong huang had sterilizing effect by fume smoking. This way had significant bactria-killing effect on tubercle bacillus, staphylococcus aureus, bacillus coli, hay bacillus and bacillus pyocyaneus. In addition, it also had killing effect on fungi, virus, mycoplasma and other pathogenic bacteria.

jiao cang zhu, sha ren, 200g each; chao che qian zi 100g; grounded into fine powder. For infants younger than 6 months, 1.5~2g each time, for children between 1~3 years old, 2~3g each time; tid in both cases. More than 200 cases of infantile simple indigestion or accompanied with mild dehydration were treated, and all were cured within 7 days.

chao cang zhu 90g; zhi da huang, zhi cao wu, chao xing ren and chuan qiang huo 30g were grounded into fine powder, 1,5g bid. The method was used to treat 96 cases of bacillary dysentery. Results: 62 cases were cured, 28 improved and 6 ineffective.

20 cases of infantile diarrhoea were treated with powder of chao cang zhu, jiao shan zha, che qian zi, 5 shares and ying su ke 25 shares. All cases were cured after 2 days' administration.

cang zhu, huang qin, huang bo, 15g each; add 1500ml water and decocted to 600~700ml juice. The juice was used to washed the affected area of eczema. Once daily, for severe cases, twice daily, 20 times each time. 7 cases of erosive eczema were treated, and were cured after 1~2 weeks.

cang zhu 15g, wu bei zi 9g and gan cao 3g was used as the main formula to treat 7 cases of chronic ulcerative stomatitis, and all were cured after 3~9 doses. Only 1 case reported recurrence in the one-year follow-up survey and was cured with the original formula.

cang zhu 10g; bai zhi, bo he, jin yin hua, 6g each, add 200ml water. The juice was used to steam the eyes. 10~20 minutes each time, 3~5 times each day. 44 eyes were treated and all were cured within 3 days.

Except those noted, all references come from Weng Weiliang, et al., Clinical Chinese materia medica, Henan Science & Technology Press, 1998