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:
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