Guan+Zhong+(Zhieldfern,+Aspidium)

[[image:http://www.about-garden.com/images_data/3593-dryopteris-cycadina-shaggy-shield-fern.jpg width="202" height="304" align="right"]]Guan Zhong (Zhieldfern, Aspidium) ["Link the Multitude"]
Category: Kill Parastes Nature : slightly cool, **slightly toxic** Flavors: bitter Channels: LR, SP

Functions: **kills parasites; clear heat and clean toxins, stop bleeding (cooling)** Indications: 1. Hookworm, tapeworm, roundworm, pinworm 2. Wind-heat attacking, eruptions and rashes due to heat in the blood; and mumps due to heat and toxin 3. Epistaxis, hemetemesis, hemafecia and uterine bleeding due to heat in the blood.

Dose: 10-15g. Contra: During pregnancy. Do not eat w/ fatty or oily foods.