What are the effects and functions of phoenix grass?

Have you ever heard of Pteris crescentii? In fact, as a medicinal material, it can clear away heat and dampness, reduce swelling and detoxify, and it also has a good effect of cooling blood and stopping bleeding. It is also used to treat problems such as the urinary system, inflammation, or burns.

1. For the treatment of acute bacterial dysentery, adults take 25-30 grams of the whole herb every day (up to 100 grams can be used, and the dosage for children is reduced accordingly), add 200-250 ml of water, boil it to about 100 ml, add sugar and take it orally 3 times. Generally, the fever will subside within 2 to 7 days, the abdominal pain and tenesmus will disappear, and the bowel movements will return to normal. At the same time, decoction retention enema can be used.

2. To treat infectious hepatitis, take fresh grass and make a 100% decoction, add sugar when taking it. Adults take 100-150 ml per day, divided into 2-3 times, for 1 week. At the same time, it is supplemented with vitamin B1 and vitamin C. You can also use 60 grams of fresh phoenix tail grass, mash it into juice and drink it, 3 doses a day, 5 days as a course of treatment.

3. To treat burns, wash and mash fresh phoenix grass, and mix it with raw salt water to make a green liquid for later use. Use the prepared liquid medicine and normal saline to make a light green liquid, clean the wound, wash until the wound is similar in color and temperature to normal skin, then apply the prepared liquid medicine evenly on the wound, apply it evenly every 1 to 2 hours or after the wound is dry, the treatment course is generally 3 to 15 days. In addition, you can also roast and grind the phoenix tail grass into powder and apply it with sesame oil.

4. To treat urinary tract inflammation, take 60-120 grams of fresh phoenix tail grass and decoct it in water.

5. To treat leucorrhea and leucorrhea due to stranguria, take 6-9 grams of phoenix tail grass, add 9 grams each of plantain and white cockscomb, 15 grams each of Polygonum multiflorum and Cyperus rotundus, and decoct them together for oral administration.

6. To treat metrorrhagia, take 30 grams of phoenix tail grass, chop it into pieces, and boil it with half water and half wine.

7. To treat bloody stool, take 21-30 grams of Pteris corydalis and stew it with pig large intestine. Remove the residue and eat the intestine and soup.

8. To treat nosebleed, take 21-30 grams of phoenix tail grass and 30 grams of kelp (washed), decocted in water and taken orally.

9. To treat sore throat, wash and boil 15 grams of fresh phoenix grass into a soup, add a little brown sugar, and take it twice a day.

10. To treat rabies bites, take 60 grams of phoenix tail grass, decoct in water or mash it for external application.