Selaginella pulvinata, Chu srin sder mo Selaginella pulvinata, Chu srin sder mo ཆུ་སྲིན་སྡེར་མོ Spikemoss Chu srin sder mo (Tibetan Medicine) Juan Bai (TCM) Hatha Jodi (Ayurveda) Selaginella tamariscinaGartenflora [E. von Regel], vol. 28 (1879) Selaginella tamariscina(Photo by Jerzy Opioła) (Wikimedia) Selaginella Juan Bai as available on the Chinese market (GuanDong)(Adam, 2024) Botanical name: Selaginella spp. S. pulvinata (syn. S. japonica, Lycopodium pulvinata, L. involvens) (Tibet, TCM) S. tamariscina (Tibet, TCM) S. rupestris (India) S. wallichii (India) S. willdenovii (India) Li Shi Zhen mentioned several varieties of this herb. 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 (Shen Nong Ben Cao)-Abdominal masses; Blood stasis, with hardness and masses (TCM, Ayurveda)-Cancer (anti-cancer effects demonstrated)-promotes Labor-used as a tonic after Childbirth (India)-Hemorrhoids (Tibetan Medicine)-Trauma, Bruising (TCM)-‘treats hard mass and stagnation of blood with Amenorrhea’ (Shen Nong Ben Cao)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 function3. Clears Wind-Heat, Resists Poison: (Ayurveda, TCM)-Fever-Skin diseases-Lung and Urinary…

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