The efficacy and function of Phoenix crown grass

Many people choose Phoenix Crown Grass because of its high-value pharmacological effects, but be careful not to eat it casually, otherwise it will have some bad effects on the body. We need to understand it before eating it. Are you ready?

[Other names] Phoenix grass (Essentials of Raw Medicinal Herbs), Phoenix tail grass (Records of Medicinal Herbs in Lingnan), Trident grass (Flora of Guangzhou), small Phoenix tail, Cuiyun grass (Lingnan Herbs), mountain Phoenix tail, Jingbianqian (Guangdong Chinese Medicine).

[Source] It is the whole herb of Pteris xylostellaria, a plant of the Pterisaceae family. Harvested in spring, summer and autumn. Dry in the sun.

[Original form] Perennial herb, 15 to 60 cm tall. The rhizome is short and thin, obliquely ascending or creeping, with linear lanceolate scales, reddish brown. The leaves are clustered, with petioles of straw color, smooth on the surface and four-sided; the blades of the vesicular asci are oblong-ovate, 10-25 cm long, 5-15 cm wide, pinnately divided twice, with 3-5 pairs of pinnae, the lower pinnae are petiolate, sessile upwards, with 1-3 pairs of lateral pinnae, or sometimes only 2-pronged, the terminal pinnae are particularly long, fused with the pair below, the pinnae are lanceolate, and are entire except for the top of the non-sporangium with fine serrations; the leaves of the non-sporangium are smaller, the pinnae are oblong or ovate-lanceolate, with sharp serrations on the edges. The sporangium is linear and continuously arranged at the edge of the sporophylls, but there are no sporangia at the top and base of the pinnae.

[Habitat distribution] Grown by streams or in shady and wet places under forests. Distributed in South China, Fujian, Taiwan and other places.

[Nature and flavor] Light taste, slightly bitter, cold in nature.

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat, promotes dampness, cools blood and detoxifies. Treat dysentery, malaria, jaundice, gonorrhea, bleeding, metrorrhagia, bruises, tonsillitis, mumps, sores, and eczema.

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoct in water, 0.5 to 1 liang. For external use: decoct in water for washing or mash for application.

[Clinical application] Treatment of various types of bacterial dysentery (excluding fulminant type): Remove the roots and stems of the dried product and chop it into pieces. Add 15 kilograms of water for every kilogram of residue and boil for 1 hour, filter it, add 10 kilograms of water to the residue and boil it for half an hour, filter it. The two filtrates are combined, heated and concentrated to a concentration of 0.5 grams of crude drug per milliliter (i.e. 60 milliliters are equivalent to 1 liang of crude drug), and a preservative is added for later use. Dosage: Adults take 60-120 ml per day, once or divided into several times, one course of treatment is 7 days. An equal amount of liquid medicine can be used for retention enema at the same time, once a day. After treatment of 85 cases, the cure rate was 57%, among which the cure rate for adults reached 93%. The average time for the cured cases to have bloody and pus stool disappear was 3.5 days, for the stool to become formed it was 6.2 days, for the bowel movement to return to normal it was 4.7 days, for the body temperature to drop it was 2.7 days, for the abdominal pain to disappear it was 3.7 days, and for the stool culture to turn negative it was 5.5 days. No serious side effects were observed during the medication period. A few cases had vomiting, loss of appetite, and upper abdominal discomfort, which improved after stopping the medication. It is believed that larger doses have better effects; taking the medicine once is more effective than taking it in batches; adding enema cannot improve the therapeutic effect.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

[Source] From "Essentials of the Nature of Raw Herbs"

The above is a detailed introduction to the medicinal value of Phoenix Crown Grass. There are also some ways and methods when eating Phoenix Crown Grass. The above methods of eating are very helpful for regulating various problems of the human body, so you can do it with confidence.