The efficacy and function of small fern chicken

As people's living standards continue to improve, health and longevity are gradually valued by us, so nowadays health-preserving diet therapy methods are very popular, the trend of traditional Chinese medicine is becoming more and more popular, and Chinese medicine has once again occupied people's vision. Today we will talk about the Chinese medicine small fern chicken.

【Alias】 White fern

[Source] The rhizomes and leaves of the Chinese fern family , Pteris praecox . Harvest in autumn.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 20 to 50 cm high. The rhizome is inclined, with reddish-brown lanceolate scales at the top. The leaves are clustered, herbaceous, and usually have grayish-white powdery particles on the underside; the petiole is 10 to 20 cm long, purple-brown, with light brown scales on the lower part; the leaf blade is oblong-lanceolate, 20 to 30 cm long. 5-7 cm wide, deeply pinnately lobed 3 times; pinnae triangular-lanceolate, with short petioles, the top ones connected to each other and the rachis by narrow wings, the rest separated from the wingless rachis, with a pair of slightly shorter bases; pinnae are more or less connected by narrow wings; lobes are rounded and obtuse, with entire margins. The sori are attached to the edges and are continuous.

[Habitat distribution] It grows in rock cracks under sparse woods, or in the shade at the foot of a slope. Distributed in Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shandong, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Henan, Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter, cold.

【Functions and indications】Moistens the lungs and relieves cough, clears away heat and cools blood.

[Additional prescription] ① Treat coughing up blood: ㈠ One liang of rhizome of small fern chicken. Take it as a decoction. ㈡ Three to four grams each of the rhizome of small fern chicken and wild cotton. Take it in decoction.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

This is all we have to say about the efficacy of small fern chicken. I hope it will be helpful to you. Although the value of the small fern chicken is very high, we must be cautious when eating it.