Ma Deng Cao ⁽²⁾

On February 12, 2023, I published an article on my official account and personal website titled "Madengcao: A Folk Herb for Thromboangiitis Obliterans and Lower-Leg Ulcers." In it I introduced this uncommon folk remedy. In Northeast China and the folk traditions of Henan and Shandong,…

Madengcao is the whole herb of Camptosorus sibiricus of the Aspleniaceae family; it is a specific drug for thromboangiitis obliterans that contemporary TCM has discovered from folk remedies. Because this herb is not widely used, most pharmacies do not carry Madengcao, though I have seen…