Herbs That Expel Parasites Flashcards
HERBS THAT EXPEL PARASITES - OVERVIEW
- TREAT INTESTINAL PARASITES (ROUNDWORMS, TAPEWORMS, HOOKWORMS)
- MOST EFFECTIVE WHEN TAKEN ON AN EMPTY STOMACH
- DO NOT TAKE WHEN THERE IS FEVER OR SEVERE ABDOMINAL PAIN
EXPEL PARASITES - SHI JUN ZI
CHANNELS: SP, ST
PROPERTIES: SWEET (SO TONIFYING!), WARM
DOSAGE: 4.5-12G, DRY FRY TIL AROMATIC TO REDUCE TOXICITY; GRIND ALONE OR IN COMBINATION (1 PER YEAR OF AGE, 20 MAX)
C/I: DO NOT DRINK WITH HOT! (LIKE BAI DO) BECAUSE WILL GET HOTTER!
KEY POINTS:
- ROUNDWORM!
- GOOD FOR CHILDREN WITH PARASITIC ATTACK
- STRENGTHENS SP/ST
- HELPS WITH ACCUMULATIONS (DISSOLVES)
- WARM SO DO NOT DRINK WITH HOT TEA! WILL CAUSE DIARRHEA!
EXPEL PARASITES - BING LANG
PROPERTIES: ACRID, BITTER (DRAINS DOWN!), WARM (CAN MOVE QI!)
CHANNELS: LI, ST
DOSE: 6-12G OR 60-120G WHEN USED ALONE FOR TAPEWORM
C/I: MIDDLE QI COLLAPSE (BECAUSE MOVES QI!)
KEY POINTS:
- THIS IS BETEL NUT; DA FU PI IS THE SKIN AROUND IT
- FOR TAPEWORM AND MANY KINDS OF WORMS (DRAINS DOWN TO KILL PARASITES)
- MOVES QI AND ELIMINATES WATER (EDEMA! LEG QI WHICH IS COLD DAMP!)
- MALARIAL DISORDERS
- HIGHLY ADDICTIVE (LIKE CHEWING TOBACCO)
EXPEL PARASITES - FEI ZI
CHANNELS: LI, LU, ST
PROPERTIES: SWEET, ASTRINGENT (HOLDS IN!), NEUTRAL
DOSE: 9-15G, BETTER IF DRY FRIED AND TAKEN DIRECTLY (TOAST, CRUSH, EAT SEEDS)
C/I: NOT FOR CHILDREN!
KEY POINTS:
- NOT COMMONLY USED
- TORREY PINE TREE
- GOES TO LUNG…THINK BREATHING…LUNG, TREE
- GOOD FOR ALL KINDS OF PARASITES!
- NONTOXIC
- MOISTENS LUNGS AND STOPS COUGH (ASTRINGENT HOLDS IN!)
EXPEL PARASITES - KU LIAN GEN PI
CHANNELS: LIVER, SPLEEN, STOMACH
PROPERTIES: BITTER, COLD, TOXIC
DOSE: 6-15G, UP TO 60G WHEN USED ALONE
C/I: NO LONG TERM USE! WEAK CONSTITUTION, LIVER DISEASE
KEY POINTS:
- COMMONLY USED
- AKA “BITTER ADVICE PEEL” - VERY BITTER! (DRAINS DOWN)
- KILLS PARASITES AND WORMS (PARALYZES THE RINGWORM!)
- CAN BE USED TOPICALLY OR INTERNALLY
- TOPICALLY FOR VAGINAL TRICHOMONAS
- ANTIFUNGAL! GOOD IN TINCTURE FOR ANTIFUNGAL PROPERTIES (IE WOMAN WITH YEAST INFECTION)
- TOXIC SO NOT FOR LONG TERM USE!
- MIXING WITH VINEGAR STOPS TOXICITY
EXPEL PARASITES - NAN GUA ZI
CHANNELS: LI, ST
PROPERTIES: SWEET, NEUTRAL
DOSAGE: 30-60G IN DECOCTION OR IN POWDER TO BE TAKEN WITH WATER
C/I: TOXICITY SHOWS EFFECTS ON HEPATIC FUNCTION
KEY POINTS:
- KILLS/EXPELS PARASITES (YOUNG ONES)
- ALLEVIATES PAIN!
- FOOD MEDICINE
- POSTPARTUM FLUID METABOLISM (EDEMA AFTER CHILDBIRTH! IT’S A MELON! PROMOTES URINATION!)
- MORE FOR LOWER STOMACH (WHEREAS BING LANG IS MORE FOR UPPER ST)
EXPEL PARASITES - CHUAN LIAN ZI (AKA JING LING ZI)
PROPERTIES: BITTER, COLD, SLIGHTLY TOXIC
CHANNELS: LV, ST, SI, UB
DOSE: 3-9G, OVERDOSE WILL CAUSE NAUSEA/VOMITING
C/I: COLD FROM DEFICIENT SP/ST
KEY POINTS:
- MOVES QI
- STOPS PAIN (“WHERE THERE IS PAIN, THERE IS QI STAGNATION”)
- REGULATES QI (LIKE BING LANG!)
- FOR PAIN DUE TO LIVER QI STAGNATION (HYPOCHONDRIUM PAIN, LIVER QI STAGNATION WITH HEAT)
- CLEARS HEAT, DRAINS DAMP (“ANGRY VAGINA, RED, ITCHY; WOMAN WHO IS THIRSTY, RED TONGUE, ANGRY, YEAST INFECTION)
- ANTI-PARASITIC BUT NOT USED FOR THAT MUCH
- COMMONLY USED HERB!
- KU LIAN PI IS BARK OF THIS!
EXPEL PARASITES - HE SHI
CHANNELS: LV
PROPERTIES: BITTER, ACRID, NEUTRAL, SLIGHTLY TOXIC
DOSE: 6-12G
C/I: SIDE EFFECTS LIKE DIZZINESS, TINNITUS, TRANSIENT ABDOMINAL PAIN
KEY POINTS:
- 2 KINDS EXIST
- LIGHTWEIGHT
- NOT ON BOARDS
- KILLS PARASITES
- ALLEVIATES PAIN (ESPECIALLY ABDOMINAL PAIN CAUSED BY VARIOUS WORMS)
EXPEL PARASITES - LEI WAN
CHANNELS: LI, ST
PROPERTIES: BITTER, COLD, SLIGHTLY TOXIC
DOSE: 6-9G; CRUSH BEFORE DECOCTING; COMMONLY IN PILLS AND POWDER
C/I: ANTAGONIZES GE GEN, BIAN XU
KEY POINTS:
- GOES TO LV
- LITTLE BIT TOXIC
- ABDOMINAL PAIN (FROM PARASITES)
- FOR PARASITES
- DR. FINE DIDN’T SPEND MUCH TIME ON IT!
EXPEL PARASITES - HE CAO YA
CHANNELS: LV, LI, SI
PROPERTIES: BITTER, ASTRINGENT (GOOD FOR STOP BLEEDING), COOL
DOSE: 30-50G IN POWDER; FOR CHILDREN .7-.8/KG
C/I: (NONE LISTED; SAFE HERB!)
KEY POINTS:
- AGRIMONY IS A VERY VALUABLE HERB
- CAN BE USED FOR CHRONIC FATIGUE INSTEAD OF GINSENG IN CASE GINSENG IS TOO STIMULATING
- KILLS ALL TYPES OF PARASITES
- SAFE HERB (IE FOR KIDS)
EXPEL PARASITES - GUAN ZHONG
CHANNELS: LV, SP
PROPERTIES: BITTER COLD
DOSAGE: 10-15G, CHAR TO STOP BLEEDING
C/I: PREGNANCY, WEAK PATIENTS OR ULCERS
KEY POINTS:
- IMPORTANT WELL LOVED HERB
- NOT BOARD REQUIRED
- SECONDARY FUNCTIONS ARE IMPORTANT!
- HAS BEEN USED IN FORMULAS FOR COVID (AN EPIDEMIC TOXIN)
- KILLS PARASITES (THAT’S THE CATEGORY)
- DRAINS HEAT (BLOOD LEVEL HEAT; FIRE TOXICITY; FEVER, EPIDEMIC TOXINS, CARBUNCLES)
- COOLS THE BLOOD
- STOPS BLEEDING (BLEEDING DUE TO HOT BLOOD, ESPECIALLY UTERINE BLEEDING) IF CHARRED
- ALOPECIA/HEAD SORES (ANTIFUNGAL; USED TOPICALLY; ALOPECIA CAN BE LINKED TO STRESS AND EXCESS HEAT)
