Centipede in the ground

Centipede in the ground

(list of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[alias] Shui Yu Gong (Guangxi Medicinal Plant List).

[source] it is the rhizome of Dryopteris fortunei.

[plant morphology] seven finger fern, seven leaf one branch flower, water one branch flower.

Perennial herbs. Rhizome Dian Dian horizontal walk, outside purple red, white inside, there are many fleshy thick roots, shaped like centipede. Petiole 20-30 cm long, brown; vegetative leaves are palmate, bird foot shaped, herbaceous, glabrous, usually 3-out, 15-25 cm long, 20-25 cm wide, basal pinnae with short petiole, 0.5-0.8 cm long, 2-forked, central pinnae 3-forked or pinnae split, lobes elliptic to lanceolate, 8-14 cm long, 2-3 cm wide, apex pointed, base cuneate, margin wavy Teeth or subentire, main veins prominent, lateral veins separated, 1-2 times bifurcation. The sporangium spike is solitary and grows from the middle of the leaf base. The stem is 7-9 cm long, brown, and the spike is 8-12 cm long. It is greenish green. The sporangium is spherical and sessile. Several sporangia gather on the receptacle, with uneven crowns at the top. The spores are oval and smooth.

It is found in stream, ditch or forest wetland. Distributed in Yunnan, Guangxi, Guangdong, Taiwan and other places.

[collection] all year round.

Functions and indications: remove heat, remove blood stasis and relieve pain. Treatment of tuberculosis, fever, cough, dysentery, internal injuries, blood stasis and pain.

① "Clearing away heat and resolving phlegm" is one of the most important contents in Guangxi Medical Plant atlas. Treatment of tuberculosis, fever, cough and internal injuries. "

② "Guangxi medicine plant directory": "cough, blood stasis, new, analgesic. Treat dysentery, pneumonia, snake injury. "

[selected formula] to treat internal injuries caused by contusion, disperse blood stasis and relieve pain: soak Centipede's stool in the ground for 49 days, wash it, dry it in the sun, and grind it into powder. Six points for each serving, with wine or boiled water. (illustrated records of medicinal plants in Guangxi)