Purification, Detoxification, and Incineration Methods of Minerals and Metals in Traditional Medicine Formulations of Sri Lanka

Table 2

Medicinal uses of arsenicals.

Name of the arsenicals	Medicinal uses	References
Realgar	Skin diseases, diarrhea, high fever, coma, heart stroke, abdominal pain, ulcers in tongue and mouth, sore throat, toothache	[38, 39]
Orpiment	Skin diseases, it increases appetite and cures leprosy	[39]
White arsenic	Hemicrania, headache, sinusitis, syphilis, elephantiasis, anemia, psoriasis, asthma, osteoarthritis, splenomegaly, impotency, cancer	[39, 40]