bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage Lead-powder (lead powder) 30gm
Grind the ingredients into a fine powder, and form into pills the size of Chinese parasol seeds using flour (or rice flour) paste. Adults should take 7-10 pills each time, swallowed with warm rice water. The dosage for children should be reduced according to age.
The formula of the patent medicine "Parasite-Exterminating Pill" has been modified. In this prescription, lead powder and alum have been removed, and Thunder Ball, Rhubarb Rhizoma, Natrii Sulfas Exsiccatus, and Pharbitis Seed have been added. The dosage is one packet each time, with a reduced amount for children.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Expelling parasites and relieving pain. Used for abdominal pain caused by various parasites in the intestines, with pain moving up and down, occurring intermittently, and being very severe, accompanied by vomiting clear fluid.
bubble_chart Formula Principles
This prescription is entirely composed of killing worms medicine, which has a strong anthelmintic effect. Carpesium Fruit, bitter melon root bark, Quisqualis Fruit are good at expelling roundworms and can also kill pinworms, while bitter melon root bark can also kill hookworms; Areca Seed can expel roundworms and fasciolopsis, especially with a strong ability to expel tapeworms; the rest, alum, lead-powder, large-fruited elm also have the effect of killing worms. However, lead-powder is highly toxic to the human body and must be used with caution.
bubble_chart Modern Application Ascariasis, enterobiasis, cysticercosis.
1. Clinically, adjustments can be made based on the type of Chinese Taxillus Herb parasite. For hookworm disease, add lead-powder and alum as appropriate, Thunder Ball 9g, Grand Torreya Seed 12g, Shield-fern Rhizome 9g; for tapeworm disease, remove lead-powder and alum, add Thunder Ball 9g, cushaw seed 30g, and increase Areca Seed to 30g; for teniasis disease, remove lead-powder and alum, and increase Areca Seed to 30g.
2. If there is internal obstruction due to parasites, presenting symptoms such as abdominal distension and fullness, pain that resists pressure, severe constipation, and a deep, solid pulse, remove lead-powder and alum, and add raw Rhubarb Rhizoma and Black Pharbitis Seed, 9g each.