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Pharmaceutical Name

Fructus Quisqualis

Botanical Name

Quisqualis indica L.

Common Name

Quisqualis fruit, Rangoon creeper fruit with seeds

Source of Earliest Record

Kaibao Bencao

Part Used & Method for Pharmaceutical Preparations

The fruit is gathered in September or October when its skin turns purplish. The seeds are collected after the fruit is dried in the sun.

Properties & Taste

Sweet and warm

Meridians

Spleen and stomach

Functions

To kill parasites

Indications & Combinations

Roundworm (ascariasis). Quisqualis fruit (Shijunzi) is used with Chinaberry bark (Kulianpi) and Areca seed (Binglang).

Dosage

6-10 g

Cautions & Contraindications

Overdosage of the herb will cause hiccups, dizziness, vertigo and vomiting. Taking this herb with hot tea can also cause hiccups.

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