The efficacy and function of short-leaved hoof fern

The essence of traditional Chinese medicine is to treat both the symptoms and the root cause. Compared with Western medicine, the effects and efficacy of traditional Chinese medicine are much better. The same is true for the Chinese medicinal herb Shortleaf Pteris. Here we will introduce the effects and functions of the Chinese medicinal herb Shortleaf Pteris.

【English Name】 Short-leaf Lady Fern

[Source] Medicinal material source: The rhizome of the northeastern pteridophyte of the Pteridaceae family.

【Original morphology】 Plant height 60-75cm. The rhizome is short and obliquely ascending, densely covered with dark brown, lanceolate scales. Leaves are clustered; petiole 25-35cm long, dark straw color, black-brown at base, swollen and tapering downwards; leaf blade thick papery, oblong-ovate, 35-40cm long, 20-25cm wide, and pinnate-divided three times; pinnae long lanceolate, 15-20cm long, 5-8cm wide, closely connected, opposite at base, 1-2 pairs shortened at lower part; pinnules nearly flat, blunt-pointed, slightly fused with rachis at base, pinnately fissured 1/2-2/3, with 2-4 fine serrations at tip of lobe; lateral veins pinnately single, extending to tooth tip. The sori are oblong, borne dorsally on the upper vein at the base of the lobes; the sori lid is linear with eroded edges.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown under mixed forests at an altitude of 270-1200m.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter, astringent; cool

[Entry] Enters the large intestine and liver meridians

【Functions and indications】 Expel and kill roundworms; astringent and hemostatic. Mainly ascariasis; traumatic bleeding

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 15-30g. For external use: take appropriate amount and grind into powder for application.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Used to expel roundworms; used externally to treat bleeding from external injuries.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the detailed introduction of the Chinese medicine short-leaved hoofed fern in the above article, we know that short-leaved hoofed fern has many functions and effects and is extremely beneficial to the body. So if you have related symptoms, you might as well give it a try.