ao wa wei

[Pinyin] āo Wǎ Wéi

[Alias​​] Tibetan Wawei

[Source]
Medicine-based source: Polypodiaceae brown scales Wawei plant the whole plant.
Latin name of plant and animal fossil: Lepisorus scolopendrius (Ham.ex D. Don) Mehra et Bir [L.excavatus Bory var.scolopendrium (Don) Ching]
Harvesting and storage: summer, autumn harvest, washed and dried.

[Original form] plants up to 50cm. Roots grow wild, densely pale brown, ovate-lanceolate scales, imbricate, apex long acuminate, nearly entire. Leaves nearly raw; petiole 4.5-6cm, Straw color; leaf paper, light green, lanceolate, long 20-40cm, width 2cm, central widest upward gradient narrow, apex acuminate, gradually narrow down and the Ministry of the next extension in the petiole, smooth on both sides, the back of a small number of scales; in the veins bulge, on the surface of a deep longitudinal groove. Sori round, was born in the back between the veins and leaf edges, close to the veins, the veins in each side into a line; across the wire round, oval-shaped spores, surface decoration with a massive cloud.

[Habitat distribution]
Environment: Born in 2000-2800m above sea level slopes of coniferous forest or broad-leaved forest.
Resource distribution: distributed in Yunnan, and Tibet.

[] Slightly sweet taste; bitter; slightly cold

【Indications】 heat and dampness. Main diarrhea

Dosage Oral: Jian Tang,9-18g.

[Excerpt] "Chinese Materia Medica"