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 |