The efficacy and function of large feather moss

Traditional Chinese medicine culture is profound and extensive, and Chinese medicinal materials account for a large proportion of it. Do you know about Macrophylla? What are its effects and functions, and how to eat it? I believe many people are very interested in it. Let me tell you one by one below.

【English name】 Thuidium cymbifolium

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the plant Macroquillum of the Pleistocene family.

[Original form] The plant bodies are intertwined into pieces, bright green or yellow-green. Stem creeping, generally regularly two to three times pinnately branched. Scales numerous, lanceolate to linear, forked. The stems and leaves are triangular-ovate or broadly triangular, with folds, and the apex is elongated into a long hairy tip composed of 6-16 cells in a single row; the margin is finely serrated; the midrib is thick, ending at the leaf tip, and has spiny warts on the back; the middle cell is ovate-rhombus to oblong, with a simple wart. The branches and leaves are concave, inward-curved, long-ovate, short-pointed, and finely toothed on the edges. The midrib is 2/3 of the leaf length, and the middle cells are polygonal or rhombic. Dioecious. The spore stalk is slender; the spore capsule is long ovate and curved; the capsule cover has an oblique beak; the capsule cap is hood-shaped and smooth.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows on rock surfaces, wet soil surfaces in forests and on tree trunks.

【Nature and flavor】 Light; Cool

【Meridian】 Heart; Liver; Stomach

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat; removes toxins; promotes tissue regeneration. Mainly water and fire burns

【Usage and Dosage】 For external use: grind appropriate amount into powder, add vegetable oil and apply on the affected area.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": light taste, cool nature. It has the functions of clearing away heat, removing toxins, and promoting tissue regeneration. Used to treat burns caused by water or fire. People usually take this product, dry it, grind it into powder, and add rapeseed oil for external application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

This article introduces some basic knowledge about the medicinal herb Macrophylla, which is very effective in treating some related diseases of the human body. Moreover, Macrocystis erythrorhizon has a certain regulating effect on the body and can be consumed in moderation at ordinary times.