Feng Wei Cao - 鳳尾草 - Herba Pteris

Pharmaceutical Latin:	Herba Pteridis Multifidae Herba Pteris
Common English:	Chinese Brake Huguenot Fern Phoenix-Tail Fern Pteris Serrulate Brake Spider Brake

Properties

Taste	Temperature	Entering Meridians	Dosage
Bitter Sweet	Cold Cool	Large Intestine Bladder Lung Liver Gallbladder	9-20g Tincture: 2-4ml

Actions

Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat, Drains Dampness, Reduces inflammation, Stops diarrhea

Large Intestine Damp-Heat

Urinary Bladder Damp-Heat

Damp-Heat in the Spleen

Diarrhea, difficult urination

Cools the Blood and eliminates toxins and stops bleeding

Toxic Heat in the Blood that causes bleeding and cancer

Dysentery, hemafecia, epistaxis, hemorrhoidal bleeding

CONTRAINDICATIONS

INCOMPATIBILITIES

HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Fol. Isatidis Da Qing Ye Rx. Isatidis Ban Lan Gen	Hb. Portulacae Ma Chi Xian	Hb. cum Radice Patriniae Bai Jiang Cao Sm. Coicis Yi Yi Ren
Sore and swollen throat.	Dysentery and diarrhea.	Chronic appendicitis.
Hb. Plantaginis Che Qian Cao Hb. Lygodii Hai Jin Sha Cx. Phellodendri Huang Bai	Hb. Cirsii Xiao Ji Pollen Typhae Pu Huang Rx. Sanguisorbae Di Yu	Hb. Hedyotis Diffusae Bai Hua She She Cao Hb. Scutellariae Barbatae Ban Zhi Lian (May add other anti-cancer herbs)
Lin syndrome with jaundice.	Hematuria, hemafecia and epistaxis.	Cancer.

Its indications include gonorrhea, hepatitis, intestinal parasites and urodynia.
Topically, it is applied for eczema, nettle rash, boils and injuries (sprains and strains).
It has earned the name "the holy herb for retropharyngeal abscess."
Research shows that it suppresses the growth of cancer cells.
To stop bleeding and generate new flesh, its juice is combined with wine and either swallowed or applied externally.
In powdered form it relieves pain from Qi Stagnation.