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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
- Hēi chǒu (黑丑 Pharbitidis Semen Atrum, black morning glory [seed]) 240g
- Dà fù pí (大腹皮 Arecae Pericarpium, areca husk) 240g
- Léi wán (雷丸 Omphalia , omphalia) 60g
- Mù xiāng (木香 Aucklandiae Radix, costusroot) 60g
- Kǔ liàn pí (苦楝皮 Meliae Cortex, chinaberry bark) 30g
- Zào jiá (皂荚 Gleditsiae Fructus, gleditsia [fruit]) 30g
- Yīn chén (茵陈 Artemisiae Scopariae Herba, virgate wormwood) 60g
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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