Description

Pharmaceutical name: folium pyrrosiae
latin botanical name: pyrrosia lingua (thunb.) Farw. And pyrrosia sheareri (bak.) Ching (da shi wei)
pyrrosia petiolosa (christ) ching, (xiao shi wei)

common name: pyrrosia leaves
distribution: da shi wei (p. Lingua):south of yangtze river of china;
da shi wei (p. Sheareri): jiang xi, hun nan, gui zhou, si chuan;

xiao shi wei (p. Peiolosa): hei long jiang, liao ning, he bei, shan dong, zhei jiang, jiang su, jiang xi, si chuan, hu bei

properties (characteristics) bitter,sweet, slightly cold

channels (meridians) entered: bladder and lung meridians
actions 1. Diureic and lithagogue
2. Febrifuge and hemostatic
3.Antitussive and expectorant
uses: clears damp heat and unblocks painful urinary dysfunction, gonorrhea, cough and for expelling phlegm

modern usage: 1. Chronic bronchitis 2. Asthma 3. Acute inflammation of glomerulus of the kidneys 4. Ureter stones 5. Chyluria 6 anemia caused by benzene toxicity.
cautions: use cautions in absence of damp heat
side effects: might create anxiety, feeling of hunger, enlarged volume of urine and dizziness. Symptoms subside after stopping using the herb.

this statement has not been evaluated by the food and drug administration. This product is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease. Always used this herb under instructions of a licensed herbalist.