Nervous Brake
Pteris Cretica Var. Nervosa
Feng Wei Jue

About

Properties in Traditional Chinese Medicine

Part(s) used

Whole herb

Potential toxicity/side effects

Functions/effects it is traditionally believed to have

To clear heat and disinhibit damp, stanch bleeding and engender flesh, resolve toxin and disperse swelling.

Conditions/symptoms it is traditionally used to treat

Diarrhea, dysentery, jaundice, strangury syndrome, edema, coughing of blood, hematuria, hematochezia, bleeding knife wound, painful swelling from knocks and falls, sore and welling abscess, burns and scalds.