Effects and functions of Dryopteris umbellata

In our lives, Dryopteris dark-scaled Fern has attracted our attention because of its extremely high medicinal value. Let's take a closer look at what is Dryopteris occidentalis?

【English Name】Dark-scale Wood Fern

[Source] Medicinal material source: The rhizome of Dryopteris dark scales of the Dryopteris family.

【Original morphology】 Plant height 50-60cm. The rhizome is short and erect, and together with the base of the petiole, is densely covered with large brown-brown, broad-lanceolate scales. Leaves are clustered; petiole 25-35cm long, dark straw color, densely covered with dark brown, long awl-shaped scales upwards along with the rachis; leaf blade papery, lanceolate or broadly lanceolate, up to 30cm long, about 15cm wide in the middle, with the tip sharply narrowed to a tail-like acuminate and pinnate-lobed, the base slightly narrowed, once pinnate; pinnae long lanceolate, 8-12cm long in the middle, 1.2-1.5cm wide, with a long acuminate tip, a cuneate base, coarse serrations or shallow lobes on the edges, and the lower pairs of pinnae gradually shortening; midrib pinnate, lateral veins single, obvious on both sides. The sori are round, dorsally located above the veinlets, and arranged in irregular 1-2 rows on both sides of the midrib; the sori cap is round and kidney-shaped, brown.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing under forests or beside streams on hillsides at an altitude of 500-2500m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; Cold

【Meridian】 Liver, kidney, large intestine

【Functions and indications】 Cooling blood and stopping bleeding; expelling parasites. Primary functional uterine bleeding; Ascariasis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Used for functional uterine bleeding and expelling roundworms.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

From the above we can see that the traditional Chinese medicine Dryopteris dark scales has very high medicinal value, so we can consider using Dryopteris dark scales in our lives.