The snake retreated

The snake retreated

(Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II)

[synonym] sanzhibiao and Ophiopogon japonicus (Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II).

[source] it is the whole plant of pteridiaceae.

[plant morphology] Pteris tripinnata

Perennial herbs, 30-60 cm high. Rhizome long and transverse, slightly brown, lanceolate linear scales. The leaves are distant, the petioles are rice straw colored, slightly hairy, and the base is slightly scaly. The vegetative petioles are 10-20 cm long, and the spore petioles are 15-40 cm long. The leaves are papery, grassy, dark green, and generally 3-pinnate. The apical lobe is elliptic lanceolate, 15-20 cm long and 3-4 cm wide. The apex is acuminate, the base is round or round cuneate, and the lateral lobe is about half of the apical lobe, long lanceolate and 4-10 cm long The leaves of sporophylls are slightly narrowed or not narrowed. The sporangium group is attached to the transverse vein and connected into a line, and the cap of sporangium group does not exist.

Under the forest or by the stream. Distributed in Guangdong, Guangxi, Fujian, Taiwan and other places.

[collection] harvest in summer and autumn.

[flavor] bitter, pungent and smooth.

① Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II: "slightly astringent, flat. "

② Guangdong Chinese herbal medicine: "slightly bitter, pungent, flat. "

[function indications] detoxification, detumescence, antipruritic. It is used to treat ulcers, carbuncle, swelling and toxin, traumatic injury, edema, eczema and pruritus.

① Guangdong traditional Chinese Medicine II: "detoxification, anti inflammation, detumescence and pain relief. For carbuncle, swelling, sore and furuncle. Itchy skin, nausea, edema. "

② "Guangdong Chinese herbal medicine": "dispersing poison, detumescence and relieving pain. It is used to treat snakebite, contusion, eczema, dermatitis, carbuncle and furuncle. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1.5-8 yuan (1-2 Liang fresh). External use: grind and apply.

Chinese PinYin : She Tui Bu