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Alternate Chinese names: 石皮 <i>shí pí</i>; 石兰 <i>shí lán</i>; 虹霓剑草 <i>hóng ní jiàn cǎo</i>; 石苇 <i>shí wěi</i>
Kingdom: Plant
Origin in PRC Pharmacopoeia: <i>Pyrrosia lingua</i> (Thunb.) Farw.; <i>Pyrrosia sheareri</i> (Bak.) Ching; <i>Pyrrosia petiolosa</i> (Christ) Ching. (<i>PRC Pharmacopoeia</i>)
Origin in unofficial sources: <i>Pyrrosia lingua</i> (Thunb.) Farw.*; <i>Pyrrosia sheareri</i> (Bak.) Ching*; <i>Pyrrosia petiolosa</i> (Christ) Ching*; <i>Pyrrosia drakeana</i> (Franch.) Ching; <i>Pyrrosia davidii</i> (Gies.) Ching; <i>Pyrrosia gralla</i> (Gies.) Ching
Use: Medicinal
Category: Water-disinhibiting dampness-percolating agents / Urine-disinhibiting strangury-freeing agents
Properties: Bitter, sweet; slightly cold.
Channel entry: Lung and bladder channels.
Actions and indications:
- Disinhibits urine and frees strangury: Damp-heat strangury patterns, dribbling urinary block.
- Clears the lung and relieves cough: Patterns of
phlegm-heat cough and panting. - Cools the blood and stanches bleeding: Frenetic movement of blood from blood heat with vomiting of blood (blood ejection), nosebleed, or flooding and spotting.
Dosage and method: A decocted dose of 5–10g is typical, although 30–60g may be used.
Warnings: Contraindicated in yīn vacuity and in the absence of damp-heat.
Quality: Large thick leaves that have reddish backs and speckles are best.
Production area: Húběi, Sìchuān, Jiāngxī.
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