Braun holly fern herb
Name
Bu Lang Er Jue (Braun holly fern herb)
Sources
The drug is the dried rhizome of Polystichum braunii (Spenn.) Fee (family Dryopteridaceae), growing in wet sides under wood of high and cold mountainous areas, and distributed in North China, Northeast China, Northwest China and Sichuan.
The Effect of Braun holly fern herb
Property
Astringent, cold; lung and spleen meridians entered.
Actions
Clear heat and remove toxicity, stop bleeding, kill parasites.
Indications
Nose bleeding, flu, mumps, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis, enterobiasis, epidemic encephalitis B, tinea tonsure， head sore.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 10~15 g, or made into powder for oral taking. Proper dosage is for external application, pounded for applying.