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Worm-Expelling Pill

追虫丸 〔追蟲丸〕 zhuī chóng wán

Source: Zhèng Zhì Zhǔn Shéng 证治准绳

Ingredients

Actions: Eliminates worms.

Indications: Worm accumulations with abdominal pain, vomiting of clear or bitter fluid. Especially effective for roundworm and tapeworm.

Method: Grind the morning glory seed, areca nut, puffball, and costusroot into a powder, and blend into pills with a strained decoction of the other agents that has been reduced to a sticky paste.

Dosage: 12g at a time for adults; less for children. Take with a little sugared water on an empty stomach.

Similar: Huà chóng wán2 (化虫丸2 Worm-Transforming Pill2)

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