Peacock tail

Peacock tail

(Hunan medical records)

[synonym] Pteris pinnatifida (Zhejiang Chinese medicine resource list), Pteris qingqicao, jianxuesheng (Guangdong traditional Chinese medicine 3 (5): 261958), Jinhua fragrans, tuishengcao, Platycladus orientalis, Fengweicao, xijinjiwei, xiyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeyeruji (Hunan medicinal records), dibaizhi (Guizhou medicinal plant list).

[source] it is the whole grass and root of Dryopteris huazhongensis.

[plant morphology] Adiantum Huazhong

Perennial herbs, 10-20 cm high. Rhizome short and erect, densely covered with black linear lanceolate or subulate scales. The leaves are clustered, petiole 5-10 cm long, thin and weak, green; 3-pinnate compound leaves, leaf triangular rectangular round, 5-13 cm long, 2.5-5 cm wide, widest at the base, apex acuminate, pinnae ovate, 1.5-3 cm long, 1-2 cm wide; lobes linear, with 1-2 fine teeth; leafy; glabrous on both sides, green. The sporangia are linear, with 1-2 sporangia on each lobe.

It grows on limestone in the valley. It is distributed in Sichuan, Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Jiangxi, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Fujian.

"Bitter, cold, non-toxic" in Hunan medical records. "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, removing dampness and stopping bleeding. Treatment of dry cough, jaundice, turbidity, gastrointestinal bleeding, wounds, sores, scalds.

① "Stop bleeding, promote muscle growth, eliminate inflammation and detoxify. "

② "Guizhou medicine and plant catalogue": "treat turbid, knife wound. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 0.5-1 Liang. External use: grind and sprinkle, boil cream or mash juice.

[prescription selection] ① for dry cough without phlegm: one or two peacock tails. Take it in water.

② Cure yellow pox: peacock tail one or two, stair grass one or two, wormwood five money, Artemisia five money, gardenia five money, black bean five money. Take it in water.

③ Treatment of gastrointestinal bleeding: peacock tail root one or two. Take it in water.

④ Treatment of sore or soup fire: peacock tail whole grass boiling cream, external application or application of the affected area. (1) the following prescriptions are published in the medical records of Hunan Province.)

⑤ Treatment of bleeding and injury: fresh peacock tail leaves, baked and ground very fine powder, sprinkled on the wound, wrapped with gauze, no need to change dressing. You can also use fresh leaves to pound natural juice (add benzoic acid for antisepsis) to disinfect cotton, dip in the juice and stick the wound. (Guangdong traditional Chinese medicine 3 (5): 261958)