Jian Er Guan Zhong

Name

Jian Er Guan Zhong (Caryota-like holly fern rhizome)

Sources

The drug is the dried rhizome of Cyrtomium macrophyllum (Makino) Tagawa (family Dryopteridaceae), growing under woods, along creeks, and distributed in Shaanxi, Hubei, Hunan, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan of China.

The Effect of Jian Er Guan Zhong

Property

Bitter, slightly cold, toxic.

Actions

Remove toxicity, activate blood and induce diuresis.

Indications

Scrofula, edema, sores and boils, traumatic injury, tuberculosis of cervical lymph nodes, metrorrhagia and metrostaxis.

Dosage and Administrations

Decoct 9~30 g, or soaked in wine. Proper dosage is for external application, decocted for washing.