Sword Fern
肾蕨Malay: Paku Gajah
Nephrolepis auriculata (L.) Trimen.
MedicinalHeat-clearingDampness-drainingStranguria-relievingCough-stopping
Family: Nephrolepidaceae
Type: Perennial herb
Parts Used: Whole plant or root
Nature & Flavor: Sweet, bland, astringent, cool
Also known as: Centipede Grass, Round Fern, Phoenix Egg
Properties & Functions
Functions: Clears heat and drains dampness, relieves stranguria and stops cough, reduces swelling and detoxifies
Indications:
- Cold with fever
- Lung-heat cough
- Jaundice
- Turbid stranguria
- Painful urination
- Diarrhea
- Dysentery
- Leukorrhea
- Hernia
- Breast abscess
- Scrofula
- Scalds
- Cuts
- Lymphadenitis
- Ringworm
- Orchitis
Usage & Prescriptions
Dosage: Decoct 6-15g, fresh 30-60g. External: crush fresh plant or rhizome and apply.
Fever
Phoenix eggs (tubers) 8 pieces, decoct
Lung-heat cough, childhood heat accumulation
Sword fern tubers 9-15g, decoct
Damp-heat diarrhea
Phoenix eggs 60g, crush and steep in boiling water, strain and drink
Quick Reference
- Nature & Flavor
- Sweet, bland, astringent, cool
- Parts Used
- Whole plant or root
- Family
- Nephrolepidaceae
- Standard Dosage
- Decoct 6-15g, fresh 30-60g. External: crush fresh plant or rhizome and apply.
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