The efficacy and function of the yindi fern in East China

As a very common Chinese medicinal material in daily life, the East China Yindi Pteris has high medicinal and nutritional value to the human body, and it is not too difficult to purchase. Let’s analyze several aspects of the East China Shade Fern below.

【English name】 Eastern China Grape fern

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb or rhizome of Pteris chinensis, a plant of the Pteridaceae family.

[Original form] Perennial fern, plant height 35-60cm, relatively sturdy. With short and erect rhizomes. The roots are fleshy and relatively thick. Leaves are bifid; nutrient leaves have long petioles, 10-15cm long; leaf blades are slightly pentagonal, herbaceous, 12-20cm long, 15-18cm wide, short and gradually pointed at the apex, and pinnately divided three times; there are about 6 pairs of pinnae, the lowest pair of pinnae is the largest and petiolate; the terminal pinnae or lobes are elliptical, with neat sharp serrations on the edges; the leaf veins are obvious, reaching the serrations. The spore leaves emerge from the petiole, which is often higher than the nutrient leaves. The sporangium spike is conical, up to 10 cm long, and bipinnate; the sporangium is spherical, sessile, transversely fissured, and the spores are tetrahedral.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in shady and wet streams under mountain broad-leaved forests.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; bitter; slightly cold

【Meridian】 Liver; Lung

【Functions and indications】 Clears the liver and improves eyesight; resolves phlegm and reduces swelling. It is used to treat red and swollen eyes; high fever and convulsions in children; cough; vomiting blood; scrofula; carbuncle

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": It has the functions of clearing away heat and detoxifying, calming the nerves, soothing the liver and dispersing nodules, reducing swelling and relieving pain, moistening the lungs and removing phlegm.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Therefore, through the detailed introduction of the traditional Chinese medicine Pteris chinensis in the above article, it is not difficult to find that Pteris chinensis has many effects and functions, and its effect in health care is still very good.