The efficacy and function of Cretaceous maidenhair fern

There are many common Chinese medicinal materials in life, and Cretaceous Maidenhair Fern is one of them. However, many people are not very clear about Cretaceous Maidenhair Fern. Therefore, before choosing to eat it, you need to understand the effects and functions of Cretaceous Maidenhair Fern.

【Other name】 Bristle grass

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Adiantum officinale, a plant of the Adiantum family.

【Original morphology】 Plant height 6-12cm. The rhizome is short and erect, with densely purple-brown, linear-lanceolate scales at the top. Leaves are clustered; petiole is 2-6cm long, brown to purple-brown, shiny; leaf blade is papery, glabrous, narrowly oblong, 3.5-8cm long, 2-3cm wide, obtuse at apex, nearly rounded at base, once pinnate; pinnae are 3-5 pairs, alternate, petiole apex jointed, obovate or oblong, 5-15mm long, 3-12mm wide, nearly rounded at apex, cuneate at base, terminal pinnae obovate, grayish white on the back, rachis slender, apex sometimes extended, rooting on the ground, asexual reproduction; venation radiates, veinlets dichotomous. The sori are round or oblong, dorsally located in the notch at the pinna apex, one per pinna; the sori lid is transversely oblong or reniform, brown, leathery, and persistent.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown on moist limestone walls or chalk in caves at an altitude of 600-1500m.

【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; Cool

【Functions and indications】Diuresis and diuresis; clearing away heat and detoxifying. Mainly used for stranguria caused by heat; stranguria caused by blood; edema; chyluria; mastitis; orchitis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above is a detailed introduction to the effects and functions of the Cretaceous Maidenhair Fern. Your choice should be based on your own needs, so that it will not harm your body and can achieve a good effect in improving the disease.