Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs
Feng Wei Zhu Zong Cao (凤尾猪鬃草)
Name
Feng Wei Zhu Zong Cao (Herba Asplenii Yunnanensis)
Sources
The drug is the dried or fresh whole herb of Asplenium exiguum Bedd. var. yunnanensis (Franch.) Ching (Family Aspleniaceae), growing in ravines, on rocks, and distributed in Qinghai, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet of China.
The Effect of 凤尾猪鬃草
Property
Bitter, cold; liver and bladder meridians entered.
Actions
Whole herb is used to clear away heat and promote diuresis, promote lactation, for the treatment of high fever due to common cold, cystitis, chyluria, mastitis, galactoschesis, orchitis, stranguria complicated by hematuria.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 6~30 g. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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