Alias: Lycopodium, Liongrass, Oxtail, Dashun Tendon, Dashun Tendon, Stemona Tendon, Water Shake Bamboo,

Lycopodium

Lycopodium, Gracilaria lemaneiformis, oxtail tendon, oxtail knot, oxtail roll, water polo, big leaf tendon, broadleaf herb, oxtail fern. Tenderling.

Textual research on names: oxtail (Herbal Medicine for Disaster Relief), Dashun Tendon (Textual Research on Plant Names and Facts), Dashun Tendon (Annals of Traditional Chinese Medicine), Stemona Stemona Tendon, Water Shake Bamboo, Lycopodium, Gracilaria lemaneiformis, oxtail Tendon, Oxtail Roll, Water Polo Flower, Big Leaf Tendon, Oxtail Fern (Hunan)

It is the whole grass of Lycopodium japonicum Thunb. of Lycopodiaceae.

Attached prescription

Treatment of joint pain: five yuan for oxtail, one or two roadside thorns, one or two mouse stings, and five yuan for Siegesbeckiae. Decoct with water. (Hunan Pharmacology)

Tropism of nature and taste

Sexual taste is bitter, pungent and warm, and enters the liver meridian.

Indication effect

Dispelling wind and cold, removing dampness and swelling, relaxing muscles and activating collaterals.

It is used for arthralgia due to wind-cold-dampness, and carbuncle due to tendon contracture. External use for treating traumatic sprain and swelling pain.