The efficacy and function of Emei ear fern

Chinese medicine has different effects on our body and can regulate our body. Today we will introduce a Chinese medicine: Emei Ear Fern. What are its specific effects and functions? Let’s take a look.

[Other names] Dieffenbachia (Emei Medicinal Plant), Shulinshu (Chinese Medicinal Plant Directory).

[Source] The whole plant of the Dryopteris elegans plant of the Dryopteris family.

[Original form] Perennial herb. The rhizome is short and obliquely ascending, with the top densely covered with small brown oval scales. Leaves are clustered; petiole up to 13 cm long, straw-colored, solid; leaves are oblanceolate, 15-25 cm long, 4-7 cm wide, acuminate at apex, densely 3-pinnate, 1st leaflets are numerous, dense, alternate, almost sessile, lanceolate, 2-3 cm long, those near the base are slightly shorter, and with a downward band; 2nd leaflets are 6-12 pairs, ovate-elliptic, base gradually narrowed, extending along the midrib; terminal leaflets are 2-3 pairs, usually deeply 2-lobed, lobes are short linear, less than 1 mm wide, apex acute, entire, with a small vein that does not reach the top, papery, green, and slightly scaly on the underside; sori are small, round, with one lobe per lobe, usually attached to the end of the vein, sori cap is round and membranous, as wide as the lobe, and falls off soon.

【Habitat distribution】Grows in high mountains. Distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, Guizhou and other places.

【Functions and indications】 "Chinese Medicinal Plants": "It clears away heat. Decoction in water can treat stomach heat syndrome."

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

Now you know the function of Emei ear fern. I didn’t know that Emei ear fern is such a valuable thing before, which shows that our knowledge is not broad enough. So in the future life, learning more about it can be a good way to maintain health. In fact, if you want to maintain health, there is knowledge everywhere in life.