Dryopteris NEPHROLEPIS

Dryopteris NEPHROLEPIS

(illustrated records of medicinal plants in Guangxi)

[synonym] yuanyangchi (flora of Guangzhou), swan Baodan (flora of Guangxi Medicinal Plants), Fenghuang grass, yuanfern (flora of Nanning City), centipede fern, water areca, Bingguo grass (Guizhou folk medicine), grate grass, comb grass (flora of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine), Feitian centipede, Golden Rooster hatching, shenxiandui grass (flora of Quanzhou), centipede grass, shishangwan, shihuanpi (flora of Guizhou) "The manual of commonly used Chinese herbal medicine" of the state troops, Fenghuang fern (Guangxi Chinese herbal medicine), he hanfern, Shedan ginseng (Yunnan Chinese herbal medicine), and jinjiwei (Fujian Chinese herbal medicine).

[source] it is the leaf or whole grass of Drynariaceae.

[plant morphology] Dryopteris NEPHROLEPIS

Perennial herbs, 30-60 cm high. Rhizome nearly erect, often bearing oblate fleshy tubers. Scales linear to lanceolate, yellowish brown, transparent. Leaves clustered, leathery, ca. 65 cm long, 5-7 cm wide, linear to lanceolate. The base is narrower and pinnate; the pinnae are sessile, alternate, falcate and obtuse; the lower side of the base is heart-shaped, the upper side is ear-shaped, and often covers the leaf axis; the edge is obtuse serrate, and the veins are pinnately branched; the pinnae of the base are sparse, degenerate, short and slightly triangular, and usually do not produce sporangia; the sporangia group is located at the top of the upper branch of the lateral vein; the sporangia group covers the kidney shaped; The spores are oval and kidney shaped.

Raw rocks, streams and other wet places. Distribution in southwest, South China, Hainan Island, Taiwan and other places.

The tuber (monkey egg) of this plant is also used for medicine. See special section for details.

[collection] all year round.

[flavor] bitter, pungent and smooth.

① "Guizhou folk medicine": "the nature is flat, the taste is bitter, non-toxic. "

② Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals: "warm in nature, mild in taste, pungent and non-toxic. "

③ Quanzhou materia medica: "it is sweet and pungent, flat and astringent, and non-toxic. "

[Guijing] Quanzhou materia medica: "into the liver, kidney, stomach, small intestine.". "

Functions and indications: clearing away heat, removing dampness, detumescence and detoxification. Treatment of jaundice, drenching, dysentery, hernia, mastitis, rash, scald, knife wound.

① Guizhou folk medicine: "clearing away heat. Treatment of knife injury, hematemesis, drenching, infertility. "

② "Sichuan Traditional Chinese medicine annals": "treatment of breast carbuncle and postpartum breast swelling. "

③ "Quanzhou Materia Medica": "clearing away heat, detoxifying and urinating. Treatment of damp heat jaundice, adverse urination, nausea, choking diaphragm, hernia. "

④ "New selection of practical Chinese herbal medicine in Guangxi": "treatment of lung heat, cough, centipede bite, soup fire injury, infantile malnutrition, lymph node tuberculosis. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 2-5 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh). External use: tamping.

[prescription selection] ① treatment of drenching, urination, and unbearable pain: Centipede fern (dry use), 21 Cunninghamia lanceolata tips, Prunella vulgaris and wild radish. Simmer water for sugar. (Guizhou folk medicine)

② Treatment: Centipede fern leaves tamping. (Guizhou folk medicine)

③ Treatment of breast swelling and pain: kidney fern tender stems and leaves, pound down compress. (records of Sichuan Traditional Chinese Medicine)

④ Treatment of dampness and heat jaundice: round fern dry whole grass five money to one or two. Take it in water.

⑤ Treatment of choking diaphragm nausea: round sheep teeth dry whole grass research three money. Three times a day, with wine.

⑥ Treatment of chronic dysentery: three Liang fresh leaves of round teeth. Mash, add rice swill, mix well and take juice. (4) Fujian Chinese herbal medicine is published below.)