The efficacy and function of broadleaf osmanthus

Broadleaf Ostramonium is a common Chinese medicine. It can be used for medicinal purposes as well as for food. The effects and functions of Broadleaf Ostramonium are quite comprehensive. Let's take a look at it together.

【English name】Javanese Flowering Fern

[Source] Medicinal material source: The rhizome of the broad-leaved Osmanthus fern of the Osmanthaceae family.

[Original form] A large terrestrial fern plant, up to 2m tall. Leaves are monomorphic, but pinnae are dimorphic; pinnae are thick leathery and smooth; petiole is about 60cm long, hard, shiny, and up to 1.5cm thick at the bottom; leaf blade is about 80cm long, about 50cm wide, and oblong; pinnae are 25-30 pairs, opposite at the bottom, about 22cm long, 2-2.5cm wide, alternate at the top, obliquely upward, long lanceolate, gradually pointed at the top, margin entire or wavy, ± recurved, slightly serrated, base needle-shaped, with short petiole 2-5mm; veins are rough, two to three times divergent; several pairs of pinnae in the middle or above the middle are fertile, about 5-12cm long, less than 1cm wide, linear, sometimes only the upper part of the pinnae is fertile, and the base is broad and sterile; pinnae on both sides of the main vein are cracked into many ovate or oblong sporangium spikelets, with dark brown sporangium clusters on the back.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown under evergreen mixed forests at an altitude of about 1600m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cold

【Meridian】 Liver meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; stops bleeding and kills parasites; dispels wind. Mainly used for carbuncle, mumps, rheumatic bone pain, lacquer sore, intestinal parasites

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

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Rhizome: bitter in taste, cold in nature. It has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying, stopping bleeding and killing insects. It is used for carbuncles, mumps, intestinal parasites, lacquer sores, rheumatic bone pain, and the young seedlings are used for bleeding from trauma.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is a detailed analysis of the broad-leaved Osmanthus fern. Now that you have learned about the various effects of the broad-leaved Osmanthus fern, you must remember these effects so that when you encounter these problems, you can use the magical effects of the broad-leaved Osmanthus fern to restore their health and happiness.