Removing worms with pistachio seeds and hiccups

Southern people often use gourd seeds to remove worms. Medicinal herbs have also been formulated by drug scientists. In the North, people often use military grain (hiccup) for this purpose.

Tram Bau is also called gourd, gourd, song re, is a small tree, light yellow flowers, fruit has 4 thin wings. Grows wildly mainly in the Mekong Delta provinces.

Pickled gourd fruits are collected in the autumn, separating seeds, drying or drying. The water is excellent in the color of the brooch, the extract of the components from the seeds such as tannins, flavones, fatty oils . when combined, will have a stronger effect of eliminating than the extracted components separately.

When used, grilled gourd seeds, crushed and then gripped into ripe bananas and swallowed because the medicine is very bitter, acrid and pungent. Every day, adults use 10-15 seeds, children depend on 5-10 years of age. Can use crushed gourd seeds with tamarind apricot leaves (equal amount) and mixed with steamed batter, eat in the early morning when hungry.

Based on the above experience, Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Traditional Medicine has researched to make high-quality "brooch tablets" and powdered grains with buffalo leaf powder, 0.25 g each. The brooch has been used for 450 patients infected with roundworm (stool test before and after treatment). Every day, adults take 10 pills; 6-14 year old children take 5 capsules, 1-5 years old take 1 tablet (taken in the morning when hungry for 3 consecutive days).

As a result, the rate of worm larvae was 70%, compared with the popular piperazin 90%; the proportion of remaining eggs in the feces is 57% (piperazine is 20%).

Some people even took the viscous substance on the inside of the bark of the brooch to drink, also found worms. In Cambodia and Thailand, gourd seeds are also used as a worm remover.

Army tree

Army tree.
(Photo: SK & D)

Also known as worms, worms, hiccups, scientific name is Quisqualis indica L. This is a climbing plant with white flowers, after turning pink or red. Dried fruits have 5 vertical lives. The tree grows wild and is grown as a ornamental in many places.

Parts used as the main medicine of the army are fruits, collected in September 11, when the shell has turned reddish brown, hard shiny; Take it back, separate, dry or dry. When used, break the outer shell and remove the two ends and remove the surrounding silk cover (it is assumed that these parts cause hiccups) and yellow stars.

The active ingredient of deworming agents is quisqualic acid, L-prolin, L-asparagine, organic acid, fatty oil. It has been recognized as a long-standing deodorant in Asian countries. Modern medicine also identifies the use to destroy earthworms and roundworms. Children in mountainous areas often collect fresh fruits, eat raw ones, find worms.

Military powder is used at a dose of 5-10 g for children of age and 10-20 g for adults. Drink 3 days in the morning. Can be combined with tamarind powder, equal dose, not use bleach. It is often used in combination with many other drugs to increase the nutrition, anti-pallidity, thinness, and cam by following the following formula:

- Multiply 10 g, lotus seed 20 g, germinate 30 g. All dried, small canopy, fine sifted flour, divided into 2-3 times a day.

- Powder for military use 5 g, ginseng 10 g, 10 g white ginkgo, licorice star 5 g. Excellent with 200 ml of water to 50 ml, drink once a day.

- Human history, nutmeg, malt every 150 g, spirit of the song, Hoang Lien each has 300 g, areca seeds are 20 seeds, wood incense is 60 g. All powdered powder, mixed with finished pig molasses to be as big as corn grain. Drink 30 days with warm water.

Some people used the roots of the army to replace the cause and effect and still found worms, and did not hiccup. Specific methods are as follows: Roots are harvested all year round, washed to clean, finely chopped, dried or dried. When used, take root 20 g, 30 g seed, sharp with water or fine powder, drink in the day.