Nan Gua Zi [1]

1 TASTE
Sweet and neutral

2 MERIDIANS
Stomach and large intestine

3 FUNCTIONS
To kill parasites

4 INDICATIONS
Tapeworm. Pumpkin seed (Nan Gua Zi [3]) is used with Areca seed (Bing Lang [4]).

5 DOSAGE
60-120 g

6 COUTIONS
In treating tapeworm, the 60-120 g of powder of the herb is taken. Two hours later, the decoction of 60-120 g Areca seed (Binglang) is taken, and then half an hour later, 15g of Glauber salt (Mang Xiao [5]) in decoction is taken. This method will discharge both the tapeworm and feces.