formula | Parasite-Exterminating Pill Hua Chong Wan |
source | Taiping Huimin Heji Jufang, Imperial Medical Bureau, 1078-1085 |
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bubble_chart Composition Hu powder (stir-fried) 1.5 kg, Carpesium (de-soiled) 1.5 kg, Areca nut, Melia azedarach root (peeled), each 1.5 kg, Alum (calcined) 375 g.
bubble_chart Preparation and Dosage
Grind the above ingredients into powder, mix with dough to form pills the size of hemp seeds. Administer 5 pills to a one-year-old child, taken with warm water mixed with 1 drop of raw sesame oil.
bubble_chart Efficacy
Kills various parasites in the intestines.
bubble_chart Indications
Infantile parasitic accumulation. Abdominal pain occurs intermittently, moving up and down, sometimes forming lumps, or vomiting clear water and frothy saliva, eating a lot but losing weight, with a greenish-yellow complexion.
bubble_chart Formula Principles
Carpesium Fruit can kill various parasites and is an essential medicine for expelling worms; the bark of Melia azedarach kills roundworms and pinworms; Areca Seed kills tapeworms and fasciolopsis; the remaining alum and lead-powder also have the effect of killing worms; when these medicines are used together, the efficacy of killing worms is enhanced. However, the lead-powder in the formula is highly toxic and should not be used excessively or for a long time. Note: The Parasite-Exterminating Pill recorded in Yifang Jijie includes large-fruited elm and Quisqualis Fruit in addition to the ingredients in this formula.