The efficacy and function of Venus fern

Venus fern is a very common type of traditional Chinese medicine and is also a frequently used medicine. It has unique effects and functions in treating many diseases. Here we will tell you in detail about the effects of some traditional Chinese medicine Venus fern.

【English name】 Glandular Parathelypteris

[Other names] Water fern, white-haired snake, hairy snake, comb grass

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Venus fern, a plant of the Venus fern family.

【Original morphology】 Plant height 40-60cm. The rhizome is long and horizontal, with sparse yellow-brown, lanceolate scales on the top. Leaves are sub-or distal; petiole 15-20cm long, straw-colored, slightly black at base and sparsely scaly, not shallowly grooved above, densely covered with short gray-white needle-shaped hairs; leaf blade herbaceous, lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 20-40cm long, 5-10cm wide, acuminate at apex and pinnate-lobed, base not narrowed, covered with orange-yellow spherical glands and short hairs below, with a few short needle-shaped dense hairs on both sides of rachis and rachis, pinnate-lobed twice; pinnae 10-15 pairs, alternate, slightly oblique upward, sessile, oblong-lanceolate, 3-6cm long, 1-1.5cm wide, acuminate or long acuminate at apex, truncate at base, 1 pair at base not shortened; lobes 14-18 pairs, 3-6mm long, 2-2.5mm wide, obtuse or rounded at apex, entire; venation on lobes is pinnate, lateral veins are single, 1 pair at base emerges from base of midrib. The sori are small, round, and borne dorsally near the tip of the lateral veins, close to the leaf edge; the sori cover is large, kidney-shaped, and has grayish-white bristles.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown under sparse woods or on roadsides at an altitude of 50-1500m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cold

【Meridian】 Liver meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; acts as a diuretic; stops bleeding. Mainly used for burns, vomiting blood, dysentery, urinary incontinence, and bleeding from trauma

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Leaves: bitter in taste, cold in nature. It has the functions of anti-inflammatory, hemostatic and anti-dysentery. Used for burns, scalds, vomiting blood, and dysentery.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Above we introduced what Venus fern is and understood the effects and functions of Venus fern. Venus fern can improve our immunity. Venus fern also has a therapeutic effect in health care and has many benefits to our body.