Treatment of taeniasis with Puag-Haad: a crude extract of Artocarpus lakoocha wood.
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1981-12-01
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Thirty-nine patients with tapeworm infection were treated with five grams of crude aqueous extract of Artocarpus lakoocha wood, "Puag-Haad". Seven of them vomited the drug immediately. Of the 32 patients, segments with scolices of Taenia saginata and of Taenia solium were recovered from 24 and 2 patients respectively. The side effects were vomiting and nausea.
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The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health.
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Charoenlarp P, Radomyos P, Harinasuta T. Treatment of taeniasis with Puag-Haad: a crude extract of Artocarpus lakoocha wood. The Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health. 1981 Dec; 12(4): 568-70