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Selaginella pulvinata, Chu srin sder mo ཆུ་སྲིན་སྡེར་མོ
Spikemoss
Chu srin sder mo (Tibetan Medicine)
Juan Bai (TCM)
Hatha Jodi (Ayurveda)
Chu srin sder mo (Tibetan Medicine)
Juan Bai (TCM)
Hatha Jodi (Ayurveda)
Selaginella tamariscina
Gartenflora [E. von Regel], vol. 28 (1879)
Gartenflora [E. von Regel], vol. 28 (1879)
Botanical name:
Selaginella spp.
1. S. pulvinata (syn. S. japonica, Lycopodium pulvinata, L. involvens) (Tibetan Medicine, TCM)
2. S. tamariscina (TCM)
3. S. rupestris (India)
4. S. wallichii (India)
5. S. willdenovii (India)
Parts used:
Dried Herb, roots removed, washed and dried; carbonised to stop Bleeding
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral. Pungent
Selaginella spp.
1. S. pulvinata (syn. S. japonica, Lycopodium pulvinata, L. involvens) (Tibetan Medicine, TCM)
2. S. tamariscina (TCM)
3. S. rupestris (India)
4. S. wallichii (India)
5. S. willdenovii (India)
Parts used:
Dried Herb, roots removed, washed and dried; carbonised to stop Bleeding
Temperature & Taste:
Neutral. Pungent
Uses:
1. Moves the Blood, Promotes Menstruation: (TCM, Ayurveda)
-Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea
-Hot and Cold diseases of the Uterus with pain; Infertility (Divine Farmers Materia Medica)
-Abdominal masses; Blood stasis, with hardness and masses (TCM, Ayurveda)
-Cancer (anti-cancer effects demonstrated)
-used as a tonic after Childbirth (India)
-Hemorrhoids (Tibetan Medicine)
-Trauma, Bruising (TCM)
2. Clear Blood Stasis, Stop Bleeding: (TCM, Ayurveda)
-Hemoptysis, Blood in the Stool
-abnormal uterine bleeding, hematochezia
-prolapse of rectum; Bleeding Piles (TCM, Ayurveda)
-the carbonised herb is used for this function
3. Clears Heat, Resists Poison: (Ayurveda)
-Fever, Headache
-Skin diseases
-Lung and Urinary Infections
-Jaundice, Hepatitis
4. Tonic: (TCM, Ayurveda)
-regarded as a longevity tonic (TCM, Ayurveda)
-also used for Asthma (TCM)
DOSE:
3–9 grams in Decoction
1–3 grams in Powder
COMMENT:
Related species are used in Ayurveda, TCM and TIbetan Medicine.
3–9 grams in Decoction
1–3 grams in Powder
COMMENT:
Related species are used in Ayurveda, TCM and TIbetan Medicine.
Main Combinations:
1. Hemorrhoids, Selaginella. pulvinata, Holarrhena, Withania, Embelia ribes, Tribulus (Tibetan Medicine)
Major Formulas:
Cautions:
Not used during pregnancy (or use very cautiously)
Main Preparations used:
Carbonised herb
Not used during pregnancy (or use very cautiously)
Main Preparations used:
Carbonised herb