(Handbook of Chinese Herbal Medicine in Henan Province)

Crotalaria heteronyma

The source is the whole grass of Pteris crassipes.

Plant morphology of fern

Small plants, height10 ~ 20 cm. Rhizomes are short, erect, and densely covered with narrow lanceolate black-brown scales at the top. Leaves clustered, type II, herbaceous, glabrous on both sides; The vegetative leaves are short, lanceolate or oblong, with a length of1~ 2 cm and a width of 5 ~ 8 mm, blunt or tapering, and a wide wedge-shaped base; Fertile leaves have long stalks, lanceolate leaves, length10 ~15 cm, width 5 ~ 8 mm, and the apex is gradually pointed, which extends to the ground to take root and produce new plants. Sporangium group is born on one side or both sides of reticular vein; Indusium is short strip or oblong, membranous and entire.

Born at the foot of a rock. Distributed in Northeast China, Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Shandong and northern Jiangsu.

Sexual taste is light and flat.

Function is mainly to stop bleeding and diminish inflammation. Treat traumatic bleeding, uterine bleeding.

Usage and dosage for oral administration: decoction, 0.5 ~1.5 yuan; Or grind it. External use: grinding and spreading.

Choose a recipe to treat uterine bleeding: three to seven leaves of Bidens bipinnata, decoct in water, and drink egg tea, once a day for the light and twice a day for the heavy; Or use five leaves, grind them into powder and take them with boiling water.

Remind you that this Chinese herbal medicine is from the Internet, please follow the doctor's advice before using it.