Japanese Clave Fern
Herba Onychii Japonici
Xiao Ye Ji Wei

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Bitter; cold

Part(s) used

Whole herb or leaf

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

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

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Wind-heat common cold, cough, sore pharynx, diarrhea, dysentery, dribbling pain of urination, damp-heat jaundice, blood ejection, coughing of blood, hematochezia, bleeding from hemorrhoids, hematuria, sore toxin, knocks and falls, poisonous snake bites, burns and scalds.