What insecticidal Chinese herbal medicines are there for amoebic lung abscess

Amoebas are all classified under worm diseases in traditional Chinese medicine. From the perspective of Western medicine, since 1875, 9 different species have been discovered, and more than 30 kinds of amoebas can harm the human body, generally causing gastrointestinal inflammation, and in severe cases causing abscesses in the lungs, liver, brain, etc. Some people also call them brain-eating amoebas. In traditional Chinese medicine's syndrome differentiation and treatment, Chinese herbal medicines for killing worms have broad-spectrum action and are treated as a whole, so the treatment methods for worm diseases are largely similar.

The insecticidal use of Chinese herbal medicines is still little known. In fact, commonly used insecticidal Chinese medicines include Melia azedarach bark (chinaberry bark), Melia toosendan fruit (chinaberry fruit), Tripterygium wilfordii (thunder god vine), Platycladus orientalis leaves (Chinese arborvitae leaves), Quisqualis indica fruit (rangoon creeper fruit), Zanthoxylum bungeanum (Sichuan pepper), Cnidium monnieri fruit (cnidium fruit), Kochia scoparia fruit (belvedere fruit), Gleditsia sinensis leaves (Chinese honeylocust leaves), Aloe, Rheum officinale (rhubarb), Morus alba leaves (mulberry leaves), Polygonum multiflorum (fleeceflower root), Phytolacca acinosa (pokeweed root), pine needle tablets, Ailanthus altissima leaves (tree of heaven leaves), Ginkgo biloba outer seed coat, flax oil, etc. Among them, Platycladus orientalis leaves (Chinese arborvitae leaves), Ailanthus altissima leaves (tree of heaven leaves), Zanthoxylum bungeanum (Sichuan pepper), Gleditsia sinensis leaves (Chinese honeylocust leaves), Aloe, Morus alba leaves (mulberry leaves), Cnidium monnieri fruit (cnidium fruit), etc. are very common in daily life.

All parasitic diseases are worm diseases in traditional Chinese medicine, and edema in Western medicine is water drum or water disease. In current Western medical treatment of amoebic lung abscess, amoebic dysentery, amoebic liver abscess, amoebic brain abscess, etc., Chinese herbal medicines are also used, such as garlic, Pulsatilla chinensis (Chinese pulsatilla), Brucea javanica (Java brucea), etc. At present, the main Western medicine for treating and eliminating amoebas is metronidazole, which has the advantages of good efficacy, few toxic side effects, safety, and low price.

Amoebic lung abscess, amoebic liver abscess, etc. are all extraintestinal amoebiasis. When amoebic lung abscess occurs, there will be persistent chest pain, obvious tenderness, fever (38-39°C), and X-ray and other imaging shows enlargement of the lungs. In the description of worm diseases in traditional Chinese medicine, when there are worms, a bluish color appears around the eye sockets and below the nose, the complexion appears withered and yellow or there are white spots, red threads, or millet-like mouth sores, or the lips are red and swollen, poor appetite and no muscle growth, etc. Worms are also divided into nine types, and the treatment methods vary slightly from person to person according to the symptoms.