The efficacy and function of the hair axis fern

I believe many people are familiar with the Chinese medicinal material Fern. As a common Chinese medicinal material, Fern is rich in nutrients. Let us learn about it in detail.

【English name】 Pteridrys

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Pteris cretica of the Pteridaceae family.

【Original form】Plant height 80-160cm. The rhizome is obliquely ascending, and together with the base of the petiole, is densely covered with brown, lanceolate scales. Leaves subspermous; petiole 30-80cm long, dark straw color, smooth above base; leaf blade papery, oblong, 40-80cm long, 25-35cm wide, with only rachis, pinnae and midrib slightly grey with short setae, bipinnate-cleft; pinnae lanceolate, 20-30cm long, 3-4cm wide, acuminate, slightly narrowed at base, semi-pinnate-cleft; lobes oblong, with sparse shallow notches on margins; lateral veins pinnate-forked, usually one vein on the upper side of the lobe base arising from the base of the midrib, and one vein on the lower side arising from the rachis. The sori are small, round, and dorsally borne at the tip of the upper lateral vein of the bifurcated lateral veins; the sori cap is small and round.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in ditches under mixed woods at an altitude of 300-400m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool

【Meridian】 Liver; Large Intestine; Bladder

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and dampness; cools blood and stops bleeding. Mainly used for dysentery, epistaxis, blood in stool, stranguria

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": The whole plant: has the function of clearing away heat and stopping bleeding. Used for dysentery, epistaxis, bloody stool, turbid urine, etc.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

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