1. To treat diseases caused by tapeworms, roundworms, hookworms and many other kinds of intestinal perasites,the herb is often used in combination with carpesium fruit, areca seed and basket fern for strengthening the effects of expelling and killing parasites, such as Feizi Shachong Pill.
2. The herb can be used in combination with windweed rhizome, straight ladybell root, ophiopogon root and other herbs for clearing the lungheat, moisturizing the lung and relieving cough, to treat dryness of the lung and dry cough with less phlegm; and with bushcherry seed, Chinese angelica root, trichosanthes fruit and other herbs for loosing the bowels and relieving constipation, to treat dryness of the intestine and constipation.