1964年晋江地区第一医院儿科配合省立医院儿科和福建医学院寄生虫学教研组及儿科教研组等单位在南安丰州西山大队对华枝睾吸虫病进行普查普治[1]。当时所用的药物是比丁(硫双二氯酚)和氯化喹啉,其疗效还不够理想[2],药源也不充足。为了摸索疗效高、毒性低而药源较丰富的治疗药物,1975年2～5月我们选用了中草药花椒粉(根据全国中草药展览资料介绍) In 1964, the First Hospital of Jinjiang District pediatric department with Provincial Hospital Pediatrics and Fujian Medical College Parasitology Research Unit and Pediatrics Teaching and Research Unit and other units in Nanan Fengzhou Xishan Brigade on the testis chelonia in general survey [1]. At that time, the drugs used were dibidione (thiadichlorophenol) and quinoline chloride, and their efficacy was not satisfactory [2], and the medicine source was not sufficient either. In order to explore the high efficacy, low toxicity and more rich source of therapeutic drugs, from February to May 1975 we chose the Chinese herbal pepper powder (according to the National Chinese herbal medicine exhibition materials)