The efficacy and function of rolling dragon grass

Everyone is familiar with the rolling dragon grass, of course some people are relatively unfamiliar with it. In fact, rolling dragon grass is a relatively common Chinese medicinal material. So what exactly does rolling dragon grass do?

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of Pteris chengkouensis, a plant of the Pteridaceae family.

[Original morphology] Medium-sized epiphytic fern, climbing plant, 6-9m long. The rhizome is gray-brown, horizontal, sparsely covered with light brown flat multicellular node-like hairs, and rootless. Leaves are membranous, distal, with buds covered with node-like hairs in the axils; petioles are extremely short and nearly wingless; leaf blades are narrowly ovate, 6-10cm long, 2.5-3cm wide, and tripinnate; lobes are 12-15 pairs, alternate, connected to each other by narrow wings, narrowly ovate or narrowly elliptic, the lower ones are larger, 1.2-1.8cm long, 6-8mm wide; bilobes are 4-6 pairs, alternate, connected to each other by narrow wings, obliquely obovate, and pinnate; lobes are 1-2 pairs, alternate, oblong, with light brown node-like hairs on the rachis and back of the veins; veins are pinnate, and the last lobe has 1 small vein. The sori are located at the top of the terminal lobe. The sori is tubular and long and narrow, funnel-shaped, about 1.5 mm long and 1 mm wide, often curved downward, with a swollen mouth and rolled edges. The sori is thread-like, black, and extends out of the sori.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: grows on tree trunks under the forest.

【Nature and flavor】 Light; Cool

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and cools blood. Mainly used for vomiting blood, blood in stool, blood in urine, and stranguria

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

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Above we introduced what rolling dragon grass is, and we also learned about the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine rolling dragon grass. We know that the effects of rolling dragon grass are very powerful, and everyone can eat some rolling dragon grass for health preservation.