Carpesium Fruit (Heshi)

Carpesium Fruit (Heshi)

Pharmaceutical Name: Fructus Carpesii
Botanical Name: Carpesium abrotanoides L.
Daucus caroto L.
Common Name:Carpesium fruit
Source of Earliest Record: Xinxiu Bencao
art Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations: The fruit is gathered in August or September and dried in the sun.
Properties and Taste: Bitter, pungent, neutral and slightly toxic
Meridian: Spleen and stomach
Functions: To kill parasites
Indications and Combinations: Parasites in the intestines, including roundworm, pinworm and tapeworm.
*Use with Quisqualis fruit (Shijunzi) and Areca seed (Binglang).
Dosage: 3-10 g