Eastern Bracken Fern
Pteridium Aquilinum Var. Latiusculum
Jue

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Sweet; cold

Part(s) used

Tender leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and disinhibit damp, downbear qi and transform phlegm, stanch bleeding.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Common cold with fever, jaundice, dysentery, vaginal discharge, dysphagia-occlusion, tuberculosis and hemoptysis, intestinal wind bleeding, wind-damp impediment pain.