Bitter melia fruit (Melia azedarach)

苦楝实kǔ liàn shíKulianshi

Melia azedarach · Plant

Melia azedarach
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Indications

Cautions

Highly toxic; contains tetranortriterpenes; can cause severe digestive upset, vomiting, diarrhea, seizures, and death; avoid all internal use.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Bitter melia fruit for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Abdominal Pain Due To Worm AccumulationFrostbite KibeMounting PainIn Stomach Duct & Rib-side PainTinea Capitis

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Bitter melia fruit does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Kill WormsMove Qi & Relieve Pain