Common Carpesium Fruit

This product mainly contains volatile oil, the principal components being carpesialactone, carabrone ketone, carabrone, carpesin, caproic acid, valeric acid, oleic acid, hentriacontane, stigmasterol, etc.

The tincture and fluid extract of this product can expel and kill tapeworms and roundworms. The contained carabrone has a hypothermic and hypotensive effect in rabbits. Tianmingjing fluid has a killing or inhibitory effect against various Gram-negative bacteria, E. coli, staphylococci, Proteus, etc. Carpesialactone has a significant inhibitory effect on the central nervous system of animals, manifested as relaxation of the limb muscles and an anesthetized state; it can antagonize convulsions induced by coramine and strychnine, and has a synergistic effect with barbiturates.

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