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Pin Yin: shi junzi
Common name: rangoon creeper fruit
Botanical family: Combretaceae
Botanical name: Quisqualis indica L.
Primary action: Expel Parasites
Secondary actions:
Disperse Food Accumulation
Temperature: warm
Taste: sweet
Entering Channel: Sp, St
Actions:
Kills parasites; is especially effective for roundworms, but also used for tapeworms, and pinworm.
Fortifies the Spleen and disperses Food Stagnation; can be used for Childhood Nutritional Impairment with poor appetite and abdominal distension.
(See
JueYin-stage Parasitic ;
Spleen Qi Vacuity;
Food Accumulation
.)
Dosage: 1.5-3 qian.
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