The efficacy and function of estuarine rosette fern

After thousands of years of sedimentation and accumulation, the types and quantities of Chinese medicine have become quite astonishing. Therefore, choosing Chinese medicine to treat some difficult and complicated diseases has a very good effect. Next, I will recommend a Chinese medicine, the estuarine rosette fern.

【English name】 Hekou Angiopteris

[Other name] Kawaguchi buddha lotus

[Source] Medicinal material source: The rhizome of the estuarine lotus of the Nelumbo family.

[Original form] Estuarine Alocasia, a large perennial fern. With thick rhizomes. With thick petioles as big as fingers; leaves are bipinnate, thick and herbaceous, dark green above and green below, pinnae are oblong-oblanceolate, about 60cm long, only 6cm wide at the base, 20cm wide at the top, petiole is 6cm long and brown; there are about 11 pairs of pinnae, nearly opposite at the base, 6-8cm long, about 2cm wide, nearly alternate at the top, up to 13cm long, oblanceolate-oblong, gradually pointed and nearly caudate at the apex, with sharp serrations on the edges, and nearly circular at the base; leaf veins are open, mostly forked, and there are no retrograde false veins. The sporangium is linear, closely connected, about 1.8 mm long, with 20-28 sporangia, attached about 1.4 mm from the leaf margin, and sterile at the upper part or tip of the pinna.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown on the edge of Linxia ditch at an altitude of about 300m.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter; astringent; cool in nature

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; reduces swelling and resolves stagnation. Mainly used for mumps, scrofula, carbuncle, fracture, and snake bite

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash fresh product for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": It has the functions of clearing away heat, reducing swelling, relieving cough and dispersing nodules. Used for mumps, carbuncles, scrofula, snake bites and fractures.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is some basic information about Estuarine Rosette Fern. I hope you can learn more about Chinese herbal medicine, which will be beneficial to you.