Chinese Brake
Pteris Vittata
Wu Gong Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Whole herb or rhizome

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To dispel wind and eliminate damp, soothe sinews and quicken network vessels, resolve toxin and kill worms.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-damp pain in sinew and bone, lumbago, numbness in limbs, hemiplegia, knocks and falls, common cold, dysentery, mammary welling abscess, sore toxin, scab sore, ascariasis, snake or insect bites.