The efficacy and function of willow-leaf fern

Although Western medicine and Western drugs are more common nowadays, people still often believe that diseases can only be cured by taking Chinese medicine, because Chinese medicine can cure the root cause. Willow-leaf sword fern is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine. Let’s take a look at some common knowledge about willow-leaf sword fern.

【Other names】 tuberculosis grass, stone tiger

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

【Original morphology】 Plant height 15-35cm. The rhizome is thin, long and horizontal, densely covered with brown, ovate-lanceolate scales. Leaves are distal; petiole 2-5cm long, or nearly sessile, the same color as the leaf blade or slightly brownish at the bottom, sparsely covered with ovate-lanceolate scales at the base, smooth upwards; leaf blade nearly fleshy, lanceolate, 12-30cm long, 1-2cm wide in the middle, sometimes up to 3cm, with acuminate tip, gradually narrowing towards the base, often extending downwards and entire, slightly curled after drying; midrib flat above, raised below, not reaching the top, with reticulate veinlets without internal veinlets. Sori linear, ± depressed into the mesophyll, usually in more than 10 pairs, arranged in a row on each side of the midrib; sori cap absent.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: epiphytic on tree trunks and rocks on hillsides at an altitude of 200-1200m.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter; Cool in nature

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; acts as a diuretic. . Mainly used for urinary tract infection, sore throat, gastroenteritis, and rabies bites.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Rhizome: used for tuberculosis and cough.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is the introduction of the willow-leaf sword fern. I believe you will be able to understand it after reading it. After knowing the effects and functions of willow-leaf sword fern, you can adjust it according to your own physical condition.