The efficacy and function of cock head leaves

As a traditional Chinese medicine, cockscomb leaves have great medicinal value and can treat many diseases. Let’s take a closer look at it below.

[Source] Medicinal material source: The leaves of the plant Polygonum multiflorum of the Dryopteris family.

【Original form】Plant height 30-70cm. The rhizome is short and obliquely ascending, and together with the base of the petiole, is densely covered with large dark brown, broad ovate-lanceolate scales. Leaves are clustered; petiole 10-25cm long, straw-colored, sparsely scaled upwards; leaf blade oblong to lanceolate, 20-45cm long, 8-15cm wide, not narrowed at the base, once pinnate; pinnae 10-20 pairs, sickle-lanceolate, with short petioles, rounded cuneate base, slightly pointed ear-like protrusions on the upper side, and finely serrated edges; leaf veins are reticulate. The sporangium is borne at the tip of the internal vein and scattered on the back of the pinna; the sporangium cover is round shield-shaped, brown, and entire.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Growing in forest edges, valleys, ridges and roadsides at an altitude of 100-2300m.

【Nature and flavor】 Bitter; slightly cold

【Functions and indications】 Cooling blood and stopping bleeding; clearing away heat and removing dampness. Mainly used for metrorrhagia, leucorrhea, bleeding from knife wounds, burns and fire injuries

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 9-15g; grind into powder, 3-6g. For external use: take appropriate amount, mash it into powder and apply on skin; or grind it into powder and apply on skin.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Through the above, we have learned about the effects and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine cock's head leaves. I hope everyone can find the right medicine and eat cock's head leaves correctly in life.