The efficacy and function of Chinese short intestinal fern

Chinese short-bowel 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 the Chinese medicine Pteris sinensis.

【English Name】 Chinese Twin-sorus Fern

[Source] Medicinal material source: The rhizome of Pteris sinensis of the Pteridaceae family.

【Original form】 Plant height 50-80cm or higher. The rhizome is horizontal, with densely linear-lanceolate scales at the top and entire margin. Leaves subspermous; petiole 20-30cm long, dark straw color, scaly only at base, smooth upward; leaf blade herbaceous, ovate-triangular, 35-60cm long, 25-45cm wide at base, long acuminate at apex and pinnate-lobed, tripinnate; pinnae 12-16 pairs, alternate and oblique upward, petiolate, oblong-lanceolate or narrowly lanceolate, with one pair of pinnae at base the largest, about 40cm long, about 12cm wide, caudate-acuminate at apex; pinnules alternate, nearly spreading, oblong-lanceolate, 5-8cm long, 1.5-2.3cm wide at base, acuminate at apex, nearly truncate at base, pinnate at margin below, deeply pinnate-lobed upward or almost reaching rachis of leaflets; terminal pinnules or lobes oblong, 33.5-5mm wide, obtuse at apex, notched or shallowly lobed at margin; venation pinnate on lobes, with 6-7 pairs of forked lateral veins per lobe. The sori are linear or oblong, solitary in the middle of the upper vein of the bifurcated lateral veins, with 3-5 pairs of lobes per lobe; the sori cap is linear or oblong, membranous, and persistent.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in ditches or rock cracks under forests at an altitude of 300-550m.

【Nature and flavor】 slightly bitter; astringent; cool

【Entry】 Lung; Liver meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and removes dampness. Mainly icteric hepatitis; influenza, etc.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Rhizome: slightly bitter, astringent, and cool in nature. It has the function of clearing away heat and removing dampness. Used for icteric hepatitis, influenza and other diseases.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Above we introduced what Chinese short-bowel fern is. We know that Chinese short-bowel fern is a common Chinese herbal medicine with good health and wellness effects. It has many benefits to the human body and can relieve many symptoms. How about it, do you understand?