INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin: Herba Selanginellae Doederleinii
Common English: Selanginella
Herbs that Clear Heat: Herbs that Clear Heat and Resolve Toxicity
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Sweet
Acrid
Bitter
Neutral
Cold
Liver
24-60g
Fresh: 60-250g
Actions Indications/Syndromes

Clears Heat and resolves Fire Toxicity

Cough due to Lung Heat

Swollen and painful throat

Fever sores and ulcers

Upper respiratory tract infection, pneumonia, adenitis

Clears and drains Damp-Heat

Damp-Heat jaundice

Ascites caused by Liver cirrhosis

Damp-Heat affecting the Bladder

Invigorates the Blood, disperses Stagnant Blood, removes tumors and disperses accumulations

Lung, nasopharyngeal, esophageal, Liver and skin carcinomas

Chronic hepatitis and Liver cirrhosis

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • When used in decoction, it should be cooled for an extended period.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

Lean Pork

 

 

As a stew in long-term treatment of various fixed masses

 

 

  1. The fresh herb can be used topically as a paste or wash to treat Wind-Damp Bi or swollen fingers.
  2. Folk medicine sources say that it is Warm, slightly astringent, expels Wind, disperses Cold, reduces swelling, connects bones and stops cough.
  3. It has recently been used in the treatment of certain cancers, especially metatastic trophoblastic neoplasms in the Lungs, Lung cancer and throat cancer.