The efficacy and function of Lushan Pyrola

Lushan Stone Wei is a very nutritious and precious medicinal material. Eating Lushan Stone Wei regularly can have very good effects and functions. So how should we eat Lushan Stone Wei? What specific benefits can eating Lushan Stone Wei bring to our body? We need to understand some professional knowledge of Lushan Stone Wei to answer these questions.

【English Name】 Shearer's Felt Fern Leaf

【Other name】 Pyrola dahurica, Pyrola glabra

[Source] It is the leaves of Pyrrosia sheareri (Bak.) Ching, a plant of the Polypodiaceae family .

[Original form] Perennial herb, 30 to 60 cm tall. The rhizome is thick, horizontal, densely covered with lanceolate scales with eyelashes on the edges of the scales. The leaves are of the same shape, clustered, hard and leathery, hairy or glabrous only along the veins on the upper side, with fine and irregular pits, and forked, short and broad yellow star-shaped hairs on the lower side; the petioles are thick and attached to the rhizome at the joints; the leaf blades are broadly lanceolate, 20 to 40 cm long and 3 to 5 cm wide, gradually tapering towards the apex and slightly widening towards the base, with unequal auriculate shapes; the lateral veins are slightly concave on both sides. The sori are small, arranged in multiple rows between the lateral veins, and have no cap.

[Habitat distribution] Growing on rocks and tree trunks. Distributed in provinces and regions south of the Yangtze River.

[Properties] The leaves are slightly wrinkled, and when flattened, they are entire and the edges often curl inward. The upper surface is yellow-green or gray-green, scattered with small black round pits; the lower surface is densely covered with reddish-brown star-shaped hairs, and some of the lateral veins are covered with brown dot-like spore sori. The petiole is four-sided, 10-20 cm long, 1.5-3 mm in diameter, slightly twisted, and has longitudinal grooves. The leaves are leathery. It has a faint smell and a slightly astringent and bitter taste.

【Chemical composition】 Contains isomangiferin, fumaric acid, caffeic acid, saponins, anthracene glycosides, flavonoid glycosides and tannins.

[Functions and indications] Same as Pyrola.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

It can be seen that the medicinal value of Lushan Sphyllaria is still very obvious. However, not everyone can use Lushan Schizonepeta. We can judge based on our own physical condition.