Caryota-like holly fern rhizome
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 Caryota-like holly fern rhizome
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.