Venus grass

Venus grass

(Jiayou materia medica)

[synonym] Jinchuan grass (the illustrated classic of Materia Medica), great Venus Phoenix Tail (Lvyan materia medica), phoenix tail grass (compendium).

[source] it is the whole plant of Polypodiaceae.

[plant morphology] Dryopteris macrocarpa

The plant is 15-45 cm high. Rhizome long, transverse, densely lanceolate scales. The leaf blade is nearly leathery, lanceolate or oblong lanceolate, 10-25 cm long, 2.5-4 cm wide, apex acuminate, base broadly cuneate or round cuneate, margin cartilaginous, somewhat undulate, without notch. The lateral veins are distinct on both sides. The sporangia are large, round and close to the main vein.

In wet valleys on stones or tree trunks. It is distributed in Southwest China, Guangxi, Anhui and Tibet.

[flavor] ① jiadiao materia medica: "bitter, cold, non-toxic. "

② "Ben Cao Tu Jing": "the taste is slightly sour and the nature is extremely cold. "

[Guijing] Bencao Zaixin: "entering the spleen meridian. "

[function indications] heat clearing, blood cooling and detoxification. It is used to treat carbuncle and ulcer, swelling and toxin, scrofula, malignant sores, burning eyes, gonorrhea and intestinal wind.

① Jiadiao materia medica: "it is mainly used to treat carbuncle, ulcer, sulfur yellow poison, hair back, carbuncle and tuberculosis. It can be decocted with leaf and root wine. It can also be used as cold water and applied on hair back. The root of the broken oil coated head, hair. "

② "Herbal Mengluo": detoxification and detumescence, specialized in surgery. At the beginning of the ulcer, not ulceration Yang poison, treatment of neck pain, hair back carbuncle. "

③ "The compendium of Medical Sciences": "antipyretic, tongwulin, Liangxue. "

[usage and dosage] oral administration: decoction, 1.5-3 yuan; or grinding powder. External use: tamping or frying and washing.

[taboo] 1. In the book of materia medica: "if you take the medicine, it will benefit you, and you need to make up for it. If you take the medicine, you can't take it at any time. "

② "Compendium": "melancholy Qi and blood stagnation and poison, not appropriate also. "

[prescription selection] 1. To cure the back of hair caused by five poisons: Venus grass and root, wash, bake slowly, weigh four Liang, add licorice, mash, divide into four servings, take one liter of wine each time, fry for three or two boils, add three or two liters of cold wine, and seal in the bottle. But drink and take it all the time. Avoid cold and fat poison. (empirical formula)

② Treatment of foot and knee ulcers: Venus grass on the back of the star, scrape off the application is dry. (Linhu jijianfang)

③ Treatment of intestinal wind: Venus grass, Chen Ganjiang each three Liang. On the end of the fine, each serving a money, hollow new water transfer. (continued parties)

Chinese PinYin : Jin Xing Cao