This product is the dried sclerotia of Thunder Ball (Omphalia lapidescens Schroet.) of the Polyporaceae family. It is produced in all provinces in northwest, southwest and south my country, mainly in Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Hubei, Guangxi and other places. Dig it in autumn, wash it and dry it in the sun. For raw use.

[Property]

bitter, cold. slightly toxic. act on stomach and large intestine channels.

[Efficacy]

killing worms.

[Indications]

For tapeworm disease, hookworm disease, ascariasis. This product has the effect of killing worms, and is best for killing tapeworms. Use it alone and grind it into powder and swallow it, 20g each time, 3 times a day for 3 days. In most cases, the worms will be completely or in sections on the 2nd to 3rd day. Row down. To repel hookworms and roundworms, it is often combined with Areca Seed, Pharbitis Seed, Sichuan Chinaberry Bark and other combinations of medicinals, such as insect-chasing pills . For the treatment of enterobiasis, it can be used together with Rhubarb Rhizoma and Pharbitis Seed.

[Documentation]

1. Benjing: "It mainly kills three insects, drives away poisonous gas and heat in the stomach."
2. Bielu: "It kills pathogenic qi, aversion to wind sweat." "It can remove heat and accumulation in the skin, parasitic toxin, and white insects can't stop coming out."

[Usage and Dosage]

Take it as pill powder, 6 to 15g each time, and 12 to 18g each time for tapeworm removal. Take it 3 times a day with cold boiled water for 3 days.

[Precaution]

Not suitable for decoction. Because this product contains protease, it is easily destroyed and becomes ineffective when heated to 60°C.

This product contains Thunder Ball proteinase, which is an active ingredient in repelling tapeworms. The tapeworm repellent effect of Thunder Ball protein is due to its ability to decompose proteins and cause destruction of tapeworm segments. It also kills roundworms, hookworms, vaginal trichomoniasis and cysticercosis.