Golden chicken tail grass root

Golden chicken tail grass root

(records of medicinal plants of Tianshan, Zhejiang)

[source] it is the rhizome of Dryopteris acutissima or Dryopteris oblongata.

[plant morphology] 1. Dryopteris acutissima is also known as chrysanthus cinnabarinus.

Perennial herbs, 80-150 cm high. The rhizome is short and oblique. The leaves are nearly clustered; the petiole is stout, 40-60 cm long, yellowish green. Leaf blade oblong ovate, 3-pinnate, 50-100 cm long, 30-40 cm wide, apex long pointed; pinnules 12-13 pairs, lanceolate, 12-20 cm long, 5-8 (～ 10) cm wide, with short stalks; pinnules narrowly lanceolate to oblong, base truncate to cuneate, often extending into narrow wings, sessile or short stalked, pinnately lobed, lobes 4-8 mm long M, 1-2 mm wide, apex rounded, almost entire; herbaceous, bright green, hairy along veins, rarely hairy below veins. The sporangia are round, with 1-2 sporangia on each lobe; the sporangia cover is round and kidney shaped, growing in the shallow curvature, glabrous. The spore stage is from June to November.

It grows in the shade of valley or under the moist forest of hillside. It is distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the south of Fujian, Guizhou and Henan.

A variety of plant, Dryopteris rareflora, is also used as medicine.

② The fern is also known as Caragana microphylla and Dryopteris oblongata.

Herbs perennial, up to 50 cm high. Rhizome short, erect, densely covered with golden brown linear lanceolate scales. The leaf blade is lanceolate, apex long acuminate, base narrower, 1-pinnate, pinnate lanceolate, 4-6 cm long, 7-25 mm wide, long acuminate, middle split to deep split, lobes triangular, apex obtuse, entire; the lower pinnate is shorter, the base of two adjacent pinnae has ears Pinnae with narrow lanceolate scales. The sporangia are more or less round, with bristles in the middle. They are inserted between the middle rib and the leaf margin on the back of the lobule. There are 1-6 sporangia per lobe, and there is no cover of sporangia. The spore stage is from May to June.

By the wet rocks of the stream. It is distributed in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River Basin, north to Henan and southern Shaanxi, South to Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and other places.

[function indications] it can cure swelling of dampness and furuncle.

[formula selection] ① water control and wet expansion: three liang of fresh golden pheasant root, one or two of Buddleja and one or two of sheep hoof. Decoct with water and make a proper amount of Shaojiu. Take it on an empty stomach in the morning and evening.

② Cure furuncle poison fester, do not close mouth for a long time: fresh golden chicken tail grass root add sugar mash apply the affected area. Twice a day.