Wu Yi - 芜荑 - Fructus Ulmi Macrocarpae

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Fructus Ulmi Macrocarpae
Common English:	Elm Cake (paste made from the fruit of the Stinking Elm) Ulmus

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter Acrid	Warm (Neutral)	Spleen Stomach	3-10g

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Kills parasites

Roundworms and tapeworms

Childhood nutritional impairment

Abdominal pain and accumulation due to parasites

Treats tinea infections (topically)

Tinea infections, scabies

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Sm. Arecae Bing Lang Fr. Toosendan Chuan Lian Zi Fr. Quisqualis Shi Jun Zi	Fr. Chebulae He Zi Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu Endo. Corneum Gigeriae Galli Jin Nei Jin Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang Or Rz. Atractylodis Macrocephalae Bai Zhu Endo. Corneum Gigeriae Galli Jin Nei Jin Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang Rz. Dioscoreae Shan Yao	Cx. Meliae Ku Lian Pi Fr. Quisqualis Shi Jun Zi Sm. Arecae Bing Lang Omphalia Lei Wan Fr. Carpesi He Shi
Childhood nutritional impairment associated with intestinal parasites	Abdominal pain, parasites, a wan complexion, emaciation and chronic diarrhea accompanying childhood nutritional impairment	General parasitic infestation
Omphalia Lei Wan Resina Toxicodendri Gan Qi	Rz. Coptidis Huang Lian	Fr. Anisi Stellati Da Hui Xiang Rx. Aucklandiae Mu Xiang
As a powder with warm water for roundworm infestation with severe pain and vomiting of clear fluids or saliva	Parasitic infestation with rectal prolapse	Parasitic infestation with abdominal Cold

It is also used for Intestinal Wind with bleeding hemorrhoids, as well as noxious sores, scabies and tinea.
It governs pathogenic Qi in the five Zang organs, disperses perverse Dampness in the skin and bony joints and transforms Food Stagnation.
According to one source, it governs accumulated Cold Qi and pain in the Heart and abdomen from fixed abdominal masses, and it relieves the feeling of crawling insects caused by Wind Attack penetrating the muscles, skin and joints.
As a single herb, it treats Intestinal parasites that present with a pale or sallow face and abdominal pain on eating.