Common Polypody Equivalent Plant: Polypodium Virginianum
Polypodium Vulgare
Duo Zu Jue

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; sweet; minor cold

Part(s) used

Rhizome

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat, resolve toxin and disinhibit damp.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Damp-heat strangury pain, wind-damp-heat impediment, swollen welling abscess, sore and boil, wind papule itching, knocks and falls.