Ma Guihua: A Traditional Chinese Medicine for Parasite Treatment

January 12, 2024

 

  Ma Guihua is a traditional Chinese medicine vine shrub, 1-2 meters tall. The stem is cylindrical, usually upright, yellow-brown in color, with numerous lenticels. The leaves are alternate, lanceolate or elongate-lanceolate, 2.5-8 centimeters long, 1.5-3.5 centimeters wide, blunt or rounded at the apex, wedge-shaped at the base, with coarse serrations on the upper edge, and with up to 10-15 pairs of lateral veins; the leaf stalk is about 6-8 millimeters long. The short raceme is axillary, 12 millimeters long; the pedicel is 2-3 millimeters long; the flowers are small; the calyx has 5 lobes, lanceolate in shape; the corolla has 5 petals; the stamens are attached to the base of the petals. The fruit is flattened and spherical, yellow-red when ripe, with one seed inside.

  

  

 

  

  

  Properties of Ma Guihua

  

  "Sweet and sour in taste, neutral in nature." - "Selected Yunnan Medicinal Herbs"

  

  Functions and Indications of Ma Guihua

  

  "Expels parasites, dispels wind and dampness. Treats tapeworm disease." - "Selected Yunnan Medicinal Herbs"

  

  Usage and Dosage of Ma Guihua

  

  Oral administration: Decoction, 3-5 qian.
 

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