The efficacy and function of true moss

As people's living standards improve, they pay more attention to health preservation. Many people know that the Chinese medicine moss is good for the body and can treat many diseases. Let’s learn about it today.

[Other names] Yuanyi, Wuyou, ancient house tile moss, silver leaf moss

[Source] Medicinal material source: The plant body of the moss of the Moss family.

[Original morphology] The plants grow densely in clusters and are silvery white or gray-green in color. Stem about 1 cm high, simple or branched at base. Leaves are densely imbricate, broadly ovate, with slender hairy tips; margins entire, often incurved; midrib thick, protruding from tip. The leaf cells are thin-walled, the upper cells are white and transparent, nearly diamond-shaped, and the base cells are rectangular. Capsule stalk is red and erect. The capsule is nearly long and pear-shaped, drooping. Maroon. Capsule teeth in two layers. The spores are spherical and warty.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown around houses, on low mountain slopes, on thin soil and rock surfaces, or in woodlands after fire.

【Properties】 Identification by properties: This product tends to shrink; its color is silvery gray-green with a silvery-white luster. The stem is single or branched at the base, slender, about 1 cm long, with purple-red rhizoids at the base. The leaves are dense, imbricately arranged, broadly ovate, about 1 mm long, about 0.6 mm wide, entire, often incurved, with a colorless tip at the apex; the midrib is obvious, protruding from the leaf tip; the cells of the upper 1/4-1/3 of the leaf blade have no chloroplasts and are white and transparent. The capsule stalk is purple-red, 1-2cm long; the spore capsule is nearly long pear-shaped, purple-brown, and drooping. It is flexible and fragile. Slight odor, light taste.

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【Nature and flavor】 Sweet; slightly astringent; cool; non-toxic

【Functions and indications】 Clears away heat and detoxifies; stops bleeding. Mainly used for bacterial dysentery, jaundice, sinusitis, carbuncle, scald, epistaxis, hemoptysis

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount, grind into powder and apply on the affected area; or crush it and wrap it in gauze and plug into nostrils.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

The above content is an introduction to the efficacy and functions of the traditional Chinese medicine moss. I hope it can bring you some help. The culture of traditional Chinese medicine is profound and extensive. When treating diseases, we need to choose different medicines according to the different diseases to better help the body relieve troubles.