The efficacy and function of Chinese hoof fern

The efficacy and function of the traditional Chinese medicine Pteris cretica is very great. We can often see Pteris cretica in our lives. Utilizing the medicinal and therapeutic properties of Pteris cretica will bring us many unexpected benefits in health care. Let's take a look at the traditional Chinese medicine Pteris cretica.

【English name】 Chinese Lady Fern

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

【Original morphology】Plant height 35-60cm. The rhizome is short and obliquely ascending, with the top densely covered with large brown-brown, lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate entire scales. Leaves are clustered; petiole 20-25cm long, dark straw color, with sparse small scales along the rachis and barbel, swollen at the base and tapered downwards; leaf blade herbaceous, smooth and hairless, oblong-lanceolate, 25-35cm long, 12-15cm wide, slightly narrow at the bottom, with a few glandular hairs along the underside of the barbel, and pinnate-lobed three times; lobes about 20 pairs or more, alternate, obliquely upward, nearly sessile, narrowly lanceolate, 2-3 pairs slightly shortened at the base, the middle pinnae 7-10cm long, about 3mm wide, blunt-headed, shallowly lobed at the edges into serrated lobes, the small fissures obliquely upward, with micro-teeth at the tip, connected by narrow wings at the base; veins 2-3 forked on the lobes, extending to the tooth tips. The sori are long or short linear, rarely hooked, attached to the lower part of the veinlets on the upper side of the lobes, with one on each lobe; the sori cover is the same shape as the sori, brown, membranous, with eroded edges.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown under valley forests at an altitude of 750-2800m.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter; cool

【Meridian】 Lung; Large Intestine

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; expels parasites. Mainstream influenza; measles; Japanese encephalitis; meningitis; hookworm disease; ascariasis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Rhizome: slightly bitter in taste, cool in nature. It has the functions of clearing away heat, detoxifying and killing insects. Used to prevent and treat influenza, Japanese encephalitis, and to expel hookworms and roundworms.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

I believe that after reading the above explanations, everyone has a deeper understanding of the Chinese medicinal herb Pteris sinensis? In fact, many foods or medicinal materials are the same. Only when we understand them can we eat them correctly according to our own situation and effectively help maintain our health.