Carpesium fruit (Heshi)
Pharmaceutical Name: Fructus Carpesii
Botanical Name: 1. Carpesium abrotanoides L.; 2. Daucus
caroto L.
Common Name: Carpesium fruit.
Source of Earliest Record: Xinxiu
Bencao.
Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical
Preparations: The fruit is gathered in August or September and dried in the
sun.
Properties & Taste: Bitter,
pungent, neutral and slightly toxic
Meridians: Spleen and stomach.
Functions: To kill parasites.
Indications & Combinations:
Parasites in the intestines, including roundworm, pinworm and tapeworm.
Carpesium fruit (Heshi) is used with Quisqualis fruit (Shijunzi) and Areca seed
(Binglang).
Dosage: 3-10 g.
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