Learn an herbal every day - Quisqualis Fructus

As a kind of herbal medicine, the Quisqualis Fructus enters the spleen, stomach, and large intestine meridians, and some drugs have certain toxicity, which can kill or paralyze parasites in the human body, especially the intestinal parasites, and promote their excretion.

From September to October, when the peel of Quisqualis Fructus turns purple and black, it is harvested, sun-dried, and shelled, and then the seeds are taken out for raw use or fried for fragrant use. It's mainly produced in Guangdong, Guangxi, Yunnan, Sichuan, and other places. The main effect is to kill insects and eliminate accumulation.

The main components in the Quisqualis Fructus extract are: the seed kernel contains quintessential acid, about 0.5%, which exists in the form of potassium salt, even potassium quinates; fatty oil 23.9%, oleic acid 48.2% in the oil, palmitic acid 29.2%, Stearic acid 9.1%, myristic acid 4.5% and arachidic acid, sterol, etc.