The efficacy and function of South China tongue fern

For the Chinese medicinal material such as South China Tongue Fern, we should first understand its medicinal value and precautions before eating it. The following is an introduction to the South China Tongue Fern. I hope you can read it carefully, which will be of great help for your consumption.

【English name】 South China Elaphoglossum

【Alias】 Pediatric group

[Source] Medicinal material source: The root of the plant Pteris chinensis of the Pteridaceae family.

【Original morphology】Plant height 15-30cm. The rhizome is short, horizontal or obliquely ascending, and the top and the lower part of the petiole are densely covered with light brown, ovate or ovate-lanceolate large scales with eyelashes on the edges. Leaves are subspeciated and dimorphic; nutrient leaves have short petioles, 1-5cm long; leaf blades are leathery, thick, lanceolate, 15-30cm long, 3-5cm wide in the middle, gradually pointed at the apex, gradually narrowed at the base and extending down to the petiole, entire, sparsely covered with light brown, irregularly divided fibrous scales on both sides, often denser below the middle; midrib is wide and flat on both sides, with numerous lateral veins, forked 1-2 times; spore petiole is 7-15cm long; leaf blade is small and narrow. The sporangium clusters are attached along the lateral veins and cover the back of the leaves when mature.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing on moist rocks in stream valleys under forests at an altitude of 500-900m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cool; Spicy

【Meridian】 Kidney; Bladder meridian

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and removes dampness. Mainly painful urination

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 6-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] 1. "Compendium of Materia Medica": Children with all kinds of diseases should be given the medicine of Shizhou. The bush is about one foot high. It produces seedlings and leaves in spring and summer but no flowers, and withers at the winter solstice.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is a brief introduction to the effects of South China tongue fern. I hope it can help all friends. In general, the health-preserving effects of South China tongue fern are very powerful. Therefore, South China tongue fern can be used in daily life to better promote physical health.