The efficacy and function of Pyrola

Traditional Chinese medicine is very helpful in treating certain diseases, so you can feel free when choosing herbs. Pyrola bicolor is a medicinal material that is not unfamiliar to us. Do you know its effects and functions? Let's take a look.

【Alias】Hydrangea serrata

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Pteris cretica, a plant of the Polypodiaceae family.

[Original form] Broadband fern, plant height 10cm. The rhizome is long and horizontal, covered with transparent scales with oval-lanceolate sieve pores, with a long and gradually pointed tip and long thorn-like teeth on the edges. Leaves are sparsely distributed; petiolate; leaf blade is halberd-shaped, 3-8cm long, base is palmate or trifurcate; sometimes bifurcated; lobes are 8-16mm wide, the middle one is the longest, with obtuse tip and entire margin, the lobes on both sides are shorter, sometimes one is imperfectly developed, only with ear-like protrusions, leaves are herbaceous, smooth, and when young, the back is sparsely covered with the same scales as on the rhizome; the veins on both sides of the midrib are reticulate, forming 3-4 rows of mesh between the midrib and the leaf margin, and the inner veins are single or bifurcated. The sporangium groups are nearly circular, separate, and arranged in a row on each side of the midrib. The septa are brown, pentagonal, peltate, and have irregular tears on the edges; the spores are elliptical and have a nearly smooth surface.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in rock crevices in river valleys at an altitude of 3500-4600m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; sweet; cool

【Functions and indications】 Clears the lungs and relieves cough; promotes diuresis and relieves stranguria. Mainly used for lung heat cough; sore throat; hot stranguria; stone stranguria; edema

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 5-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the above introduction, I found that Pyrola has so many pharmacological effects, and it also has good effects on some diseases. In fact, there may be many "treasures" around our lives, but most of the time we don’t have a heart that is good at discovering them.