Effects and functions of Dryopteris homomorpha

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

【English name】 Uniform Wood Fern

[Source] Medicinal material source: The rhizome of Dryopteris homomorpha of the Dryopteris family.

【Original form】Plant height 60-80cm. The rhizome is short and erect, with densely covered brown, lanceolate scales at the top and base of the petiole. Leaves are clustered; petiole 25-35cm long, light straw color, sparsely covered with brown, linear-lanceolate small scales upward to rachis and pinnae; leaf blade oblong-lanceolate to lanceolate, 30-45cm long, 15-20cm wide, acuminate at apex and pinnate-lobed, base shortened, pinnate-lobed twice; pinnae acuminate at apex, deeply lobed almost to rachis; middle pinnae lanceolate, 10-14cm long, 2-4cm wide, nearly truncate at base; pinnules 12-19 pairs, oblong, obtuse at apex, sparsely serrated at margin; venation pinnate-separated, lateral veins dichotomous. The sporangia are separated from each other, dorsally borne on the non-contracted pinnate forked veins of the upper half of the leaf blade, and arranged in a row on each side of the midrib; the sori are round and kidney-shaped, brown.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown under forests on hillsides at an altitude of 300-800m.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter; cold

【Meridian】 Liver meridian

【Functions and indications】 Cooling blood and stopping bleeding; expelling parasites. Mainly used for vomiting blood, metrorrhagia, ascariasis, and red worm disease

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decoction, 10-15g.

[Discussions by various scholars] "Xinhua Compendium of Materia Medica": Rhizome: slightly bitter in taste, cold in nature. It has the function of stopping bleeding and killing insects. It is used for metrorrhagia, vomiting blood, expelling ascaris and red worms.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

After learning so much about the Chinese medicine Dryopteris homomorpha, I believe we can remain calm when facing the troubles of illness and treat the treatment of the disease correctly.