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Guo Tan Long (Flabelate Maiden-hair Herb)

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Guo Tan Long (Flabelate Maiden-hair Herb): it is used to remove toxic heat, promote urination and disperse blood stasis; for the treatment of dysentery, enteritis, vomiting blood, scrofula, traumatic injury, blood in.

Guo Tan Long (Flabelate Maiden-hair Herb)
Guo Tan Long (Flabelate Maiden-hair Herb) — Traditional Chinese Medicine Healing Herbs

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Name

Guo Tan Long (Flabelate Maiden-hair Herb)

Sources

The drug is the dried entire herb of Adiantum flabellulatum L. (family Adiantaceae), growing in sunny acidic soils, and distributed in Middle-southern China, Southern China, Southwestern China and Fujian, Taiwan, Jiangxi and Zhejiang.

The Effect of Herba Adianti Flabellulati

Property

Bitter, pungent, cool; liver, bladder, large intestine meridians entered.

Actions

It is used to remove toxic heat, induce diuresis and disperse blood stasis; for the treatment of dysentery, enteritis, hematemesis, scrofula, traumatic injury, hematochezia, traumatic bleeding, urolithiasis, carbuncles and furuncles, scalds, acute epidemic hepatitis.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 15~30 g, or double the dosage with the fresh. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying.

When to see a doctor: herbal care suits mild, everyday issues. For worsening, severe, or sudden symptoms — or if you are pregnant, on medication, or treating a child — consult a licensed practitioner first.

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