Shi Wei石葦

Folium PyrrosiaePyrrosia Leaf

Also known asFelt Fern Leaf

Usual doses

Clears Damp-Heat, unblocks painful urinary dysfunction and clears stones: Damp-Heat painful urinary dysfunction, Stone Lin and Blood Lin
Clears Heat and stops bleeding (Cools the Blood): Blood Heat bleeding (hematemesis, uterine bleeding, Blood Lin)
Clears the Lungs, expels Phlegm and stops coughing: Lung Heat coughs and wheezing

- Qu Mai
- Hua Shi
Short, stabbing, painful urination from Damp-Heat in the Lower Jiao.
Hematuria.
Stone Lin.
- Pu Huang
- Zhi Zi
Blood in the urine accompanied by stabbing pain.
- Che Qian Zi
- Ze Xie
- Fu Ling
Edema.
- Di Yu
Coughing up blood caused by Lung Heat.
- Bing Lang
Powdered and taken with ginger tea for cough and wheezing from Phlegm-Heat in the Lungs.
- Da Zao
Leukopenia.
- Che Qian Zi
- Mu Tong
Heat Lin.

This herb has a markedly strong ability to expel stones.
Used alone, it can stop bleeding.
It has proven effective for cancer patients with low white blood cell counts following chemotherapy or radiation, raising the white blood cell count.
Shi Wei and Talcum Hua Shi share a cold nature and both unblock painful urinary dysfunction. Hua Shi, being slippery, moves Dampness and suits Damp-Heat Lin and Stone Lin best, while also cooling Summerheat and relieving thirst. Shi Wei, by contrast, cools the Blood and stops bleeding, making it best for Blood Lin, and it additionally cools the Lungs and stops cough.
Shi Wei and Spora Lygodii Hai Jin Sha both clear Damp-Heat and unblock painful urinary dysfunction, treating Hot painful urinary dysfunction (Lin Syndrome) and hematuria. Shi Wei excels particularly at bloody and Damp-Heat painful urinary dysfunction, and further addresses cough and wheezing by clearing Lung Heat, as well as irregular uterine bleeding by cooling the Blood and stopping bleeding in the Lower Jiao. Hai Jin Sha, meanwhile, is especially effective for stony painful urinary dysfunction.