The efficacy and function of fan fern

Fan fern is a kind of Chinese herbal medicine. We can use fan fern to treat many diseases, and it also has good health-preserving effects, so we can use the different medicinal effects of fan fern to solve some small problems that bother us in life.

【Alias】 Soushanhu

[Source] It is the rhizome or whole plant of the Polypodiaceae plant Fanta . Available all year round.

[Original form] Perennial herb. The rhizome is thick and horizontal, densely covered with brown, lanceolate scales. Leaves are distal; petioles are 30-45 cm long and glabrous; leaf blades are fan-shaped, bird-foot-shaped and palmately divided, with lobes lanceolate, central lobes 17-20 cm long and 2.5-3 cm wide, lateral lobes smaller, entire or wavy notched; leaves are papery, green and glabrous above, light gray beneath, sparsely covered with brown scales; main veins are raised, and veinlets are connected into a hexagonal mesh. The upper part of the sporangium is round, and the lower part is merged into a rectangular shape, and is attached near the main vein.

[Habitat distribution] Growing on rocks or in the shade of trees. Distributed in Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and other places.

[Nature and flavor] Cold in nature, spicy, sour and astringent in taste.

【Functions and indications】Relieve fullness and bloating, treat rheumatism.

[Additional prescription] ① To treat fullness and bloating: 2 to 3 grams of Psoralea corylifolia root. Take it in decoction.

【Excerpt】 《*Dictionary》

【Source】 From "Guizhou Folk Medicine"

I believe that the above introduction to the knowledge about fan ferns will give you a better understanding of fan ferns. We can eat fan ferns in our daily life to regulate and improve our body.