The efficacy and function of red crescent fern

After thousands of years of sedimentation and accumulation, the variety and quantity of Chinese medicine have become quite astonishing. Therefore, choosing Chinese medicine to treat some difficult and complicated diseases always has a very good effect. Next, I would like to recommend a Chinese medicine - red crescent fern.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The rhizome of the red crescent fern of the Venus fern family.

【Original form】Plant height 100-150cm. The rhizome is long and horizontal, with sparsely covered lanceolate scales on the top that fall off early. Leaves are distal; petioles are stout, 50-70cm long, straw-colored; leaf blades are thin papery, ovate-lanceolate, 40-70cm long, 30-40cm wide, glabrous on both sides, and pinnate; lateral pinnae are 8-12 pairs, alternate, obliquely upward, broadly lanceolate, about 25m long, 4-6cm wide, with acuminate tips, asymmetrically rounded or rounded cuneate bases, entire or slightly wavy, terminal pinnae are of the same shape and size, turning red or brown-red when dry; leaf veins are reticulate, with numerous lateral veins, forming 2 rows of oblique square meshes between the lateral veins. The sori are round when young, borne dorsally in the middle or slightly above the veinlets, arranged in two neat rows between the lateral veins, occasionally merging into a crescent shape; there is no sori cover.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing under forests or in wetlands beside ditches and streams at an altitude of 400-1000m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cold

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; removes blood stasis and stops bleeding. Mainly used for furuncle, furuncle, traumatic injury, and bleeding caused by trauma

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

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is some basic information about the red crescent fern. I hope you can learn more about Chinese herbal medicine, which will be beneficial to you.