The efficacy and function of phoenix grass

Traditional Chinese medicine culture is profound and extensive, and Chinese medicinal materials account for a large proportion of it. Do you know about phoenix tail grass? What are its effects and functions, and how to eat it? I believe many people are very interested in it. Let me tell you one by one below.

[Other names] Chicken foot grass, golden chicken tail, well grass, well grass, well grass, well grass, well grass, five-finger grass

[Source] This product is the whole herb of Pteris multifida Poir., a plant of the Pteridaceae family. It can be harvested in all seasons, washed, and used fresh or dried.

【Nature and flavor】Light, slightly bitter, cool.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and dampness, detoxifies and stops dysentery, cools blood and stops bleeding. Used for dysentery, gastroenteritis, hepatitis, urinary tract infection, cold and fever, sore throat, leucorrhea, metrorrhagia, pesticide poisoning; used externally to treat traumatic bleeding and burns.

[Usage and Dosage] 0.5-1 liang; For external use, mash the whole fresh herb and apply it to the affected area.

[Remarks] (1) For dysentery and diarrhea, it can be used together with Polygonum hydropiper, Portulaca oleracea, etc.; for the treatment of painful and difficult urination and damp-heat diarrhea, it can be used together with Polygonum multiflorum, Dianthus superbus, Lygodium japonicus, Fagopyrum serrata, etc. For sore throat, it can be used together with Isatis indigotica Leaf, Isatis Root and other drugs; for hematuria, bloody stool, and hemorrhoid bleeding, it can be used together with Platycladus orientalis Leaf, Cirsium japonicum, Cirsium cyrtonema, lotus node charcoal, Typha aquatica charcoal, and other drugs. Combined with other medicines such as Scutellaria barbata, Scutellaria baicalensis, and Pear Root, it is used for gastric cancer, intestinal cancer and other diseases. Combined with drugs such as creeping sedge, gentiana macrophylla, taraxacum mongolicum, dandelion, and moneywort, it can treat acute infectious hepatitis.

【Excerpt】National Compilation of Chinese Herbal Medicines

[Source] "Illustrated Records of Plant Names and Realities"

Through the detailed introduction of Pteris striata, I believe everyone has a certain understanding and can better improve our common sense in life.