Large Shenjincao

Pinyin name ] [ Dà Shē n J īn Cǎ o
[ alias ] horsetail grass, grass snake daughter antlers, Le public, belt.
[ source ]
Medicine medium source: Stone Taxodiaceae keel Phlegmariurus entire grass.
Latin animal mineral name: Phlegmariurus carinatus ( Desv. ) Ching ( Lycopodium carinatum Desv.; L.acrostachum Wall. )
Harvest and storage: summer and autumn harvest, to net mud, impurity, dried.
[ ] the original morphology stems soft prolapse, epiphytic, long 20-77cm, return two branching. Leaves spirally arranged, erect, densely covered branches, lanceolate, long 5-8mm, width of 2.5mm slightly incurved, apex acuminate, margin entire, base cuneate, smooth; midvein inconspicuous. Spore sac spike elongated, diameter 2.5mm, or more broadly; spores leaves ovate, ca.4mm, base broadly cuneate, apex acuminate, qualitative hard, slightly adnate, width is greater than the nutrition leaf; sporangium was born in spore leaf axils, round kidney shaped, yellow.
[ ] habitat distribution
Ecological environment: epiphytic in the dense forest tree.
Resource distribution: distribution in Taiwan, Guangdong, Hainan, Guangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan.
[ ] the chemical composition of Lycopodium alkaloids and terpenoids ( Lycopodium alkaloids ) ( terpenoids ).
[ ] slightly bitter taste; temperature; the small poison
[ indications ] Qufeng desiccant; massage; swelling and pain. The main rheumatic arthralgia; traumatic injury
[ usage]: orally taken decoction,6-15g; or leach liquor. External: amount, trace and apply.
Excerpts from" Chinese Materia Medica" [ ]

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