The efficacy and function of East China bottle fern

The Chinese bottle 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 some traditional Chinese medicines, the Chinese bottle fern.

【English name】 Oriental Bristle Fern, Oriental Filmy-fern

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Pteris schrenkiana, a plant of the Hymenopteris family.

【Original morphology】 Plant height 10-15cm. The rhizome is dark brown, long and horizontal, densely covered with dark brown multicellular nodular hairs. Leaves are distal; petioles are light brown, 3-5cm long, with broad wings on both sides and articulated hairs at the base; leaf blades are membranous, ovate-oblong or elliptic, 5-10cm long, 2-5cm wide, and tripinnate; pinnae are 6-12 pairs, alternate, almost sessile or with short petioles with wings, broadly ovate to rhomboid-ovate, pinnate-divided twice, the middle one is larger, 1-1.6cm long, 5-14mm wide; bipinnate lobes are 2-4 pairs, sessile, obliquely ovate or broadly cuneate, pinnate-divided, the lower one is larger, 4-8mm long, 3-5mm wide, lobes are 1-3 pairs, alternate, short linear, 1-3mm long, about 0.5mm wide, with brown rod-shaped short hairs on the back of the rachis and the mid-axis of the pinnae; leaf veins are pinnate, with 1-2 small veins in the terminal lobe. The sori is located at the tip of the upper terminal lobe; the sori is tubular, about 1 mm long and 0.8 mm wide, with narrow wings on both sides, and the mouth is slightly swollen or swollen; the sori is dark brown, filamentous, about 8 mm long, and extends out of the sori.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in low mountain evergreen broad-leaved forests at an altitude of 600-1000m, on the lower part of tree trunks in valleys, or on wet rocks by streams under forests.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly astringent; bitter; cool

【Meridian】 Liver; Lung; Spleen; Stomach

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; strengthens the spleen and aids digestion; stops bleeding and promotes tissue regeneration. It is used for carbuncle, furuncle, swelling and poison; indigestion; cough due to lung heat; bleeding due to trauma

【Usage and Dosage】 Oral administration: 9-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount, crush the fresh product and apply; or grind the dry product into powder and apply.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Whole plant: slightly astringent in taste, cool in nature. It has the functions of stopping bleeding and promoting tissue regeneration, clearing away heat and detoxifying, strengthening the spleen and digestion, and promoting diuresis. It is used for traumatic bleeding, boils, cough with excessive sputum and indigestion.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Regarding the East China Bottle Fern introduced in the article, I hope everyone can learn more about the relevant information in daily life, so that you can correctly treat it when facing the trouble of disease.