INDIVIDUAL HERBS

Pharmaceutical Latin: Usnea
Common English: Old Man's Beard
Cool Herbs that Transform Phlegm-Heat
Taste Temperature Entering Meridians Dosage
Bitter
Sweet
Neutral
6-9g
Actions Indications/Syndromes

Opens the chest, clears the Lungs, resolves Phlegm, controls bleeding and removes toxins

Lung Heat, Headache, ocular irritation, cough, profuse Phlegm, malaria, scrofula, leukorrhea, functional uterine bleeding, external wounds, carbuncles, toxic snake bites

Clears Heat, clears Damp-Heat, clears Deficiency Heat, invigorates the Blood, nourishes the Heart and promotes urination

Gonorrhea

CONTRAINDICATIONS
  • Contraindicated during pregnancy.
INCOMPATIBILITIES
HERB/DRUG INTERACTIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

  1. This herb is becoming rare and should only be used when necessary.