This product has a wide range of anthelmintic spectrum, and has the function of expelling intestinal parasites such as tapeworms, roundworms, pinworms, hookworms and ginger worms. Its advantage is that it can repel insects by purgation. The treatment of tapeworm syndrome has the best curative effect, and it can be used alone (Qian Jin Fang) or combined with Radix Aucklandiae such as Gong Sheng Powder (standard of syndrome differentiation and treatment). It is often used with pumpkin seeds in modern times to kill tapeworms, and the effect is better. Can be combined with Junzi and Melia azedarach bark to treat ascariasis and pinworm disease. Can be combined with Mume Fructus and Glycyrrhrizae Radix to treat ginger fasciitis.

2. Dysphagia and severe diarrhea caused by qi stagnation.

This product is pungent and bitter, enters the gastrointestinal tract, is good at dredging gastrointestinal qi, promoting digestion and resolving food stagnation, and can stop diarrhea and relieve constipation. It is often used with Radix Aucklandiae, Pericarpium Citri Reticulatae Viride and Radix et Rhizoma Rhei to treat dyspepsia, abdominal distension and constipation, such as Radix Aucklandiae Arecae Pill (Confucian affection). It can be combined with Radix Aucklandiae, Rhizoma Coptidis and Radix Paeoniae for the treatment of damp-heat diarrhea, such as Shaoyao Decoction.

3. Edema, beriberi swelling and pain

This product can not only benefit water, but also promote qi circulation, which is helpful for water transportation. It is often used with Phytolacca acinosa, Alisma orientalis and Akebia stem to treat edema, but it is not good for defecation, such as dredging drinking (re-ordering Yanshi Jisheng recipe); It is compatible with papaya, Evodia rutaecarpa and tangerine peel, and can be used to treat cold-dampness beriberi swelling and pain, such as Ji Ming powder (standard of syndrome differentiation and treatment).

4. Malaria

This product is often used with Changshan and Tsaoko to stop malaria, such as Qibao Zhimalaria Decoction (Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Help).

Croton (scientific name: Croton) is the dried and mature fruit of Croton tree belonging to Croton genus of Euphorbiaceae, and its roots and leaves are also used as medicine. Croton is an evergreen tree with a height of 6 ~ 10 m.

Traditional Chinese medicine uses fruit as medicine, which is hot, pungent and functional, and can induce diuresis and spit, which is helpful to treat constipation caused by cold, ascites swelling, chest tightness and acute pain, constipation, diarrhea and dysentery, edema and abdominal distension, phlegm and asthma, laryngitis, laryngitis and scabies caused by cold pathogen accumulation. The toxicity is very small, so use it with caution. Produced in southern Zhejiang, Fujian, Jiangxi, Hunan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.