Roundworm disease

Also heart worm disease; long worm disease. One of the nine worm diseases. A disease caused by the presence of roundworm in the body; attributed to spleen-stomach vacuity, indiscriminate eating of cold, raw, sweet, and fatty foods, or of unclean gourds, fruits, and vegetables. Roundworm disease is characterized by intermittent abdominal pain. A lump may form at the painful spot, which wriggles up and down. Pain abates when the movement ceases. The face is bright-white or mixed yellow and white, sometimes with whitish patches called worm macules. Other signs include emaciation and vomiting of clear water sometimes containing roundworm.

Medicinal therapy: Treat principally by expelling worms. If there is spleen-stomach vacuity or accumulation and stagnation, the methods of fortifying the spleen and abductive dispersion may also be applied. Medicinals used to expel roundworm include. quisqualis (Quisqualis Fructus, 使君子 shǐ jūn zǐ), chinaberry root bark (Meliae Radicis Cortex, 苦楝根皮 kǔ liàn gēn pí), toosendan (Toosendan Fructus, 川楝子 chuān liàn zǐ), Levant wormseed flower and leaf (Artemisiae Cinae Flos et Folium, 山道年蒿 shān dào nián hāo), and torreya (Torreyae Semen, 榧子 fěi zǐ). Formulas include Mume Pill (乌梅丸 wū méi wán), Worm-Transforming Pill (化虫丸 huà chóng wán), and Myriad Applications Pill (万应丸 wàn yìng wán).

Acumoxatherapy: Base treatment mainly on SP, ST, LI, and points for expelling worms. Select Hundred Worm Nest (百虫窝 bǎi chóng wō), SP-15 (Great Horizontal, 大横 dà hèng), LI-4 (Union Valley, 合谷 hé gǔ), ST-36 (Leg Three Lǐ, 足三里 zú sān lǐ), and ST-4 (Earth Granary, 地仓 dì cāng); needle with drainage.