The efficacy and role of medicinal fern

Traditional Chinese medicine is very helpful in treating certain diseases, so you can feel free to choose herbs. Medicinal fern is a familiar herb to us. Do you know its effects and functions? Let's take a look.

【Other name】 Fern Asarum

[Source] Medicinal material source: the whole herb of the medicinal Pteris shadyii of the Pteridaceae family.

[Original form] Perennial fern, plant height 30-40cm. It has short, upright rhizomes. Root fleshy, branched. The total petiole is 2-3cm long, with sheath-like bracts at the base, and the buds are not exposed. The nutrient leaves have long petioles, 10-20cm long; the leaf blades are papery, broadly triangular, 10-12cm long, 12-14cm wide, and tripinnate; there are 4-6 pairs of pinnae, alternate, the first pair of pinnae are the largest, ovate or triangular, 5-8cm long, 5-6cm wide, and bipinnate; there are 3-5 pairs of bipinnate pinnae, ovate to narrowly ovate, the largest one on the lower side of the base, and monopinnate; tripinnate pinnae are elliptical or broadly ovate, nearly entire or wavy, sessile, sometimes shallowly lobed, and the second pair and above pinnae gradually become smaller. The sporophylls are 30-34cm long and the petioles are 25-30cm long. The sporangium spike is 8-12 cm long and loosely conical; the sporangium is round and yellow.

[Habitat distribution] Ecological environment: Grown in the shade and wet places of bamboo forests or bushes at an altitude of 1500-2100m.

【Nature and flavor】 Slightly bitter; slightly cold

【Functions and indications】Detoxification; dispersing nodules; clearing away heat and relieving cough. Mainly used for sores, carbuncle, swelling and infection; scrofula and tuberculosis; cough due to lung heat

[Usage and Dosage] For oral use: decocted in water, 9-15g. For external use: take appropriate amount and mash it for application.

【Excerpt】 Chinese Materia Medica

Above we introduced what medicinal small shady fern is. We know that medicinal small shady fern is actually a traditional Chinese medicinal material that can bring us health benefits and has almost no major side effects, so you might as well try it in your spare time.