INDIVIDUAL HERBS
Pharmaceutical Latin: | Fructus Ulmi Macrocarpae |
Common English: | Elm Cake (paste made from the fruit of the Stinking Elm) Ulmus |
Taste | Temperature | Entering Meridians | Dosage |
Bitter Acrid |
Warm (Neutral) |
Spleen Stomach |
3-10g |
Actions | Indications/Syndromes |
Kills parasites |
Roundworms and tapeworms Childhood nutritional impairment Abdominal pain and accumulation due to parasites |
Treats tinea infections (topically) |
Tinea infections, scabies |
CONTRAINDICATIONS |
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INCOMPATIBILITIES |
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS |
Sm. Arecae |
Fr. Chebulae or Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae |
Cx. Meliae |
Childhood nutritional impairment associated with intestinal parasites |
Abdominal pain, parasites, a wan complexion, emaciation and chronic diarrhea accompanying childhood nutritional impairment |
General parasitic infestation |
Rz. Coptidis |
Fr. Anisi Stellati |
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As a powder with warm water for roundworm infestation with severe pain and vomiting of clear fluids or saliva |
Parasitic infestation with rectal prolapse |
Parasitic infestation with abdominal Cold |
- This herb also treats Intestinal Wind with bleeding hemorrhoids, noxious sores, scabies and tinea.
- It governs pathogenic Qi in the five Zang organs, disperses perverse Dampness in the skin and bony joints, and transforms Food Stagnation.
- One source says that it governs accumulated Cold Qi, pain in the Heart and abdomen due to fixed abdominal masses and eliminates the sensation of crawling insects due to Wind Attack entering the muscles, skin and joints.
- It can be used alone for Intestinal parasites manifesting as a pale or sallow face and abdominal pain when eating.