[Variety Source]

This product is the mature seeds of java brucea fruit, an evergreen shrub or small tree of the family Quasiraceae. Mainly produced in Guangxi, Guangdong and other provinces. Harvest the fruits when they are ripe in autumn, dry them in the sun, remove the shells and remove the kernels.

[Property]

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

[Efficacy]

clearing heat and removing toxin, treating dysentery, preventing attack of malaria, corroding warts.

[Indications]

1. It is used for heat toxin blood dysentery and cold-accumulated dysentery for a long time. This product is bitter and cold, clearing heat and removing toxin, drying dampness to kill worms, cooling blood and stopping dysentery, so it can be used to treat heat toxin, blood dysentery, pus and blood in the stool, tenesmus and other diseases. It can be used alone, such as Yixue Zhongzhong Canxilu. Peel 20 to 50 pills of this product and take it with sugar water to treat febrile dysentery and blood in the stool due to heat. Based on the previous experience of using this product to treat cold dysentery, it has been used clinically to treat amebic dysentery in modern times, using a combination of oral administration and enema.
2. Used for all types of malaria. This product is bitter and cold, enters the liver meridian, can clear liver-gallbladder dampness-heat, and has the effect of killing worms and preventing attack of malaria. It can be applied to various types of malaria, especially tertian malaria and quartan malaria, which have better effects on malignant malaria. Malaria also works.
3. For corn warts. This product has corrosive effects when used externally. Pound java brucea fruit kernels and apply to the affected area, or use java brucea fruit oil and 90% java brucea fruit ointment for local application. Be careful to protect the surrounding normal skin with tape to prevent irritation to normal skin.

[Documentation]

1. Bencao Gangmu Shiyi: "Treatment of chronic diarrhea, no irritability, heat and dryness externally, no acute abdominal pain internally, redness and whiteness, no tenesmus, smooth stool and urination "Qingchang."
2. Yixue Zhongzhong Canxilu: "It tastes extremely bitter and is cool in nature. It is an important medicine for cooling blood to remove toxin. It is good at treating hot dysentery and red dysentery. It is best for treating blood in the stool due to heat. It clears the heat in the blood and the intestines, antiseptic and muscle-building, and it has miraculous effects."

[Usage and Dosage]

10~30 capsules. For oral administration, it is not advisable to take it with decoction. It can be swallowed as dry Longan Aril or capsules. It can also be made into pills or tablets by pressing degreaser. Appropriate amount for external use.

[Precaution]

This product can cause damage to the gastrointestinal tract, liver and kidneys and should not be taken for long periods of time. Patients with gastrointestinal bleeding and liver and kidney diseases should avoid using it or use it with caution.

[Modern Pharmacology]

This product contains alkaloids (java brucea fruit alkaloids, java brucea fruit glycosides, etc.), intoxicants (java brucea fruit glycosides, etc.), acidic ingredients, java brucea fruit oil, etc.

java brucea fruit kernels and their active ingredients can kill or inhibit amoeba and malaria parasites; they can also repel and kill whipworms, roundworms, tapeworms and vaginal trichomonas, and can inhibit influenza viruses It has anti-malarial and anti-tumor effects; it can cause pyknosis of cell nuclei, cell necrosis and shedding of wart cells. Clinical application: java brucea fruit has a higher incidence of toxic reactions, which is due to the strong irritation of the volatile oil contained in it.