Vermicide

Definition of Vermicide:

Vermicides (L. vermis, worm, + caedere, to kill) destroy intestinal worms:

• Thread worms (Oxyuris vermicularis): vegetable astringents, alum, iron sulfate, aloe, tannin, lime water, quassia, all by enema;
• Round worms (Ascaris lumbricoides): santonin, spigelia, chenopodium, each in combination with either calomel, castor oil, senna, or compound powder of jalap;
• Tape worms (Taenia solium) Taenifuges: aspidium, kamala, kousso, pomegranate, pumpkin seed, turpentine.

[Culbreth1927, pg 45]

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References

[Culbreth1927] David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth. A Manual of Materia Medica and Pharmacology, Seventh Edition. Philadelphia, PA: Lea & Febiger (1927). Online Reprint.