Blood-stanching fern (Ophioglossum vulgatum)

断血流duàn xuè liúDuanxueliu

Ophioglossum vulgatum · Plant

Ophioglossum vulgatum
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Indications
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With studies in people

Cautions

May increase blood clotting; avoid with blood-clotting disorders; caution with anticoagulant medications; limited safety data.

Indications

What AcuiQ’s herb catalogue lists Blood-stanching fern for. The list carries no source and is an index, not a prescription.

Hemorrhage SyndromeInflammation Syndrome

TCM actions

What the catalogue says Blood-stanching fern does in the terms of Chinese medicine theory. These describe the herb, not a condition.

Benefit AntimicrobialBenefit Skin Wounds

In the literature

PubMed records whose title or abstract names Ophioglossum vulgatum and the indication, and how many of those are indexed as studies in people. A record names the two together; it does not show that one treats the other, and most are laboratory or animal work.

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