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Nephrolepis Folium seu Herba
Sword fern
肾蕨 〔腎蕨〕 shèn jué
Alternate English names: tuber sword fern
Kingdom: Plant
Origin in unofficial sources: Nephrolepis cordifolia (L.) Presl
Use: Medicinal
Properties: Bitter and acrid; balanced; nontoxic*.
Channel entry: Liver, kidney, stomach, and small intestine channels.*
Actions and indications: Clears heat, disinhibits dampness, disperses swelling, and resolves toxin. Treats jaundice; strangury-turbidity (lìn zhuó) with pain on urination; dysentery; mounting qì (shàn qì); mammary welling-abscesses (rǔ yōng); scrofula; scalds;