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Latin pharmacognostic name: Pteridis Multifidi Herba

Alternate English names: spider brake

Alternate Chinese names: 白脚草 bǎi jiǎo cǎo

Kingdom: Plant

Origin (other sources): Pteris multifida Poir.

Use: Medicinal

Category: Heat-clearing agents / Heat-clearing toxin-resolving agents

Properties: Bitter; cold.

Channel entry: Large intestine and bladder channels.*

Indications:

Clears heat and disinhibits dampness; cools the blood and stanches bleeding; disperses swelling and resolves toxin.

diarrhea and dysentery; painful swollen throat; heat strangury-turbidity (rè lìn); vaginal discharge; vomiting of blood (blood ejection) and nosebleed (nǜ xuè); bloody urine; bloody stool.

Dosage & Method: Oral: 10–15g. If using the fresh product, 30–60g; can be taken as a juice. Topical: Apply the ground product ground or the fresh product crushed.

Warnings: Use with care in vacuity cold diarrhea and dysentery and in pregnancy.

Product Area: Yúnnán, Sìchuān, Guǎngdōng, Guǎngxī, Húnán, Jiāngxī, Zhèjiāng, ānhuī, Jiāngsū, Fújiàn, Táiwān.

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