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Lethariella, Hong Xue Cha 红雪茶

Red Snow Tea
Hong Xue Cha, Jin Si Shua (TCM)
Gser skud  གསེར་སྐུད  (Tibetan)
Lethariella cladonioides (Adam, 2016)
Botanical name:
Lethariella cladonioides
Synonyms: L. cashmeriana, L. sernanderi, Chlorea cladonioide, Usnea cladonioides

Parts used:
whole herb (Lichen)

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, moist. Bitter

Uses:
1. Nourishes Heart and Blood, Calm the Spirit, Settles Wind;
-nervousness, anxiety, insomnia
-Lowers cholesterol, prevents atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease
-Dizziness, Epilepsy

2. Nourishes Yin, Clears Heat;
-Heat of the Lungs
-Thirst, low-grade Fever
-Heat diseases associated with Poison and Heat of the channels

3. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis:
-Trauma, Bruising

4. Promotes Urine:
-Edema
-Aids weight loss


DOSE:
Can be prepared as a tea by itself
3–9 grams

Main Combinations:

Cautions:
None noted

Main Preparations used: