The main components of Pien Tze Huang are natural musk, bezoar, notoginseng and snake gall. Its color is mostly brown or taupe, with fine lines and mildew spots. Pien Tze Huang's main functions are clearing away heat and toxic materials, cooling blood and removing blood stasis, and relieving swelling and pain. It is often used to treat acute and chronic viral hepatitis, carbuncle, furuncle, nameless swelling, traumatic injury, pain and fever caused by inflammation of eyes and ears, etc.