白芨在祖国医学上广泛用于各种出血症。此外有用作治疗各种皮肤病癬疥等。也有用作粘合剂治疗“面上皯皰”和“手足破裂”等。在苏联所用的欧白芨是作成濃稠的粘液狀膠漿或欧白芨煎剂用为被复药。但用作现代医疗的滑潤剂及各种滴剂賦形剂者少見。我院药局在制作白芨煎剂时(治疗肺咯血等),每次煎药后都有一些殘渣留下,其殘渣中有大量的粘液存在,丢掉甚为可惜,經过我們多次的試驗提取,最后制成了一种水溶性滑潤剂。由于白芨“苦平無毒”,又含大量的“粘液質”,这就 White peony is widely used in various kinds of hemorrhagic diseases in the motherland medicine. In addition, it is used to treat various skin diseases. It is also used as an adhesive for the treatment of “face-lift” and “brachial fracture”. The European and American crickets used in the Soviet Union were made of thick mucilage glue or European white peony decoction used as a reconstituted medicine. However, it is rare for modern lubricants and various drop excipients to be used in modern medicine. At the time when the Institute of Pharmacy of our hospital made a white peony decoction (for treatment of hemoptysis, etc.), there were some residues left after each decoction. There was a lot of mucus in the residue. It was a pity to lose it. After many tests we passed. Extraction, finally made a water-soluble lubricant. Because the white peony is “bitter, non-toxic,” and contains a lot of “mucus”, this