Shi Wei
| Shi Wei in TCM:Explore the properties of Shi Wei according to Chinese
Nutrition and Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM):
Factoids:
English Name: pyrrosia, shearer's pyrrosia leaf, Jap.
felt fern
Pharmacuetical Name: Folium Pyrrosiae
Properties: bitter, sweet, cool
Temperature: cold
Channels: LU, UB
Flavors: sweet, bitter
Special Properties:
circulates blood, clears heat, clears damp, resolves phlegm, stops bleeding
Actions / Indications:
- Promotes Urination, clear Damp Heat from bladder
(promotes diuresis, edema, heat / stony / bloody lin, Damp heat PUD,
especially for bloody lin)
- Expels phlegm; Stops cough (cough w/ profuse sticky
yellow phlegm)
- Cools blood; Stops bleeding (uterine bleeding; hematemesis,
epistaxis, bleeding from trauma)
Special Notes:
- Effective to treat cancer patients who have low white blood cell counts
after receiving chemo or radiation.
- 5-10g dosage is normal, up to 30g for excess cases.
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