Fei Zi - 榧子 - Semen Torreyae

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Semen Torreyae
Common English:	Japanese Torreya Nut Torreya Seeds

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Sweet	Neutral	Large Intestine Lung Stomach	10-50g Dry-fried: 9-15g Tincture: 2-5ml

Actions	Indications/Syndromes
Kills parasites and reduces accumulations	Intestinal parasites including tapeworms, pinworms, hookworms and fasciolopsis flukes (can be used alone)
Moistens the Intestines and unblocks the bowels	Constipation, especially with hemorrhoids (used alone - dry-fried and eaten)
Moistens Intestines and stops coughing	Mild coughs due to Lung Dryness
Stops diarrhea	Diarrhea and dysentery

CONTRAINDICATIONS

Contraindicated for those with loose stools or coughing from Hot Phlegm in the Lungs.
Contraindicated during pregnancy.
Do not eat mung beans with this herb.
Eating too much of this herb excessively lubricates the Intestines.

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Rx. Stemonae Bai Bu Rz. Dryopteris Crassirhizoma Mian Ma Guan Zhong	Cx. Meliae Ku Lian Pi Fr. Mume Wu Mei	Fr. Quisqualis Shi Jun Zi Bul. Allii Sativi Da Suan
Dislodges and expels hookworms.	Roundworms infecting the bile duct.	Dislodges and expels roundworms, tapeworms, hookworms and pinworms.
Hb. Polygoni Avicularis Bian Xu	Sm. Arecae Bing Lang Fr. Ulmi Macrocarpae Preparatus Wu Yi	Sm. Cannabis Huo Ma Ren Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui Sm. Pruni Yu Li Ren
Dislodges and expels pinworms.	Dislodges and expels tapeworms.	Chronic constipation.
Bul. Fritillariae Cirrhosae Chuan Bei Mu Sm. Trichosanthis Gua Lou Ren Rx. Adenophorae/Glehniae Sha Shen	Rx. Scrophulariae Xuan Shen Rx. Adenophorae/Glehniae Sha Shen Rx. Ophiopogonis Mai Men Dong Colla Corii Asini E Jiao Fol. Mori Sang Ye	Sm. Cannabis Huo Ma Ren Rx. Angelicae Sinensis Dang Gui Sm. Pruni Yu Li Ren Sm. Sesame Hei Zhi Ma
Mild coughs due to Lung Dryness.	Cough from Lung Dryness.	Constipation due to Large Intestine Dryness.

Being non-toxic, gently laxative and harmless to Stomach Qi, this herb is an important anthelmintic.
It eases pain as it kills parasites.
It works best when dry-fried and eaten by itself.
To kill tapeworm proglottid with this herb alone, eat seven seeds a day for seven days.
To expel hookworms, take 30 to 40 seeds each morning on an empty stomach until they have left the body.
Fei Zi Shi and Fr. Quisqualis Shi Jun Zi are both sweet and fairly nontoxic, kill parasites without harming the Spleen, and contain fatty oils that lubricate the Intestines. Shi Jun Zi is more effective against roundworms; it also moistens the Lungs, stops cough, tonifies the Spleen, supports the Stomach to aid digestion, and treats childhood nutritional impairment. Fei Zi is more effective against hookworms and pinworms and also moistens the Lungs and stops cough.
Dry-fried Torreya Seeds Chao Fei Zi kill parasites while also strengthening the Spleen, digesting Food Stagnation and treating childhood nutritional impairment.