The efficacy and function of lanceolate fern

In daily life, people are not only very familiar with various foods, but also come into contact with a lot of medicines in daily life. Among them, the lanceolate fern is a relatively common Chinese medicinal material. Given that there are still many people who don’t know much about the lanceolate fern, let’s take a detailed look at it below.

【English Name】Diverse Lepidogrammitis

[Other names] Dieffenbachia, Klein's skeletal fern

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the Polypodiaceae plant Pteris crenata.

【Original morphology】 Plant height 6-10cm. The rhizome is slender, horizontal, green, covered with dark brown, drill-lanceolate scales, with a rounded base and sparsely serrated edges. Leaves are distal and nearly dimorphic; the petiole of the nutrient leaves is short, 0.5-2cm long, the leaf blade is broadly lanceolate to elliptic-lanceolate, 4.5-9cm long, 2-3cm wide in the middle, with a sharp tip, a base gradually narrowing and extending down to the petiole, and an entire margin; the petiole of the sporophyllum is 3-4.5cm long, with scales at the base, and its leaf blade is lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, 8-9cm long, about 1cm wide, acuminate at the apex, long cuneate at the base, and has a long petiole; the midrib is slightly raised on both sides, and the veinlets are pinnate and not obvious. The sporangium is round, inserted above the middle of the back of the leaf, in one row on each side of the midrib, close to the midrib, and covered with shield-shaped septa when young.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: epiphytic on tree trunks or rocks at the edge of the forest at an altitude of 250-1700m.

【Nature and flavor】 slightly bitter; astringent; cool

【Entry】 Lung; Liver meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and relieves cough; dispels wind and dampness; stops bleeding. It is mainly used for high fever in children; cough due to lung heat; rheumatoid arthritis; and bleeding due to trauma.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Whole plant: tastes slightly bitter, astringent, and neutral in nature. It has the functions of clearing away heat, removing dampness and stopping bleeding. Used for lung heat cough, rheumatoid arthritis, high fever in children, and bleeding due to trauma.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through this article's detailed introduction to the effects of the lanceolate dominoes fern, we can learn about the several major effects of the lanceolate dominoes fern. These effects are indeed a good way to regulate the body for people with poor physical constitution and low resistance. Everyone can try it.