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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)

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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;
-nervousness, anxiety, insomnia
-Lowers cholesterol, prevents atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary heart disease

2. Calms the Liver, Settles Wind:
-Dizziness, Epilepsy

3. Nourishes Yin, Clears Heat;
-Thirst
-low-grade Fever

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

5. Promotes Urine:
-Edema
-Aids weight loss


NOTE:
Can be prepared as a tea by itself

DOSE:
3–9 grams

Main Combinations:

Cautions:

Main Preparations used:

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