Hooked Spikemoss
Selaginella Uncinata
Cui Yun Cao

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bland; slightly bitter; cool

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and disinhibit damp, resolve toxin, stanch bleeding.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Jaundice, dysentery, diarrhea, edema, strangury, impediment pain in sinew and bone, blood ejection, coughing of blood, hematochezia, bleeding due to external injury, hemorrhoids and fistulas, burns and scalds, snake bite.