Heat-Clearing and toxicity-Removing Herbs
Jin Ji Wei: Chinese Herb Guide
Name
Jin Ji Wei (Rhizoma seu Herba Pteridis Dactylinae)
Sources
The drug is the dried whole plant of Pteris dactylina Hook.(family Pteridaceae), growing along gullies and rock sutures at shady places of mountains, and distributed in Gansu, Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Xizang of China.
Constituents
The aerial part contains pterosin B, F, O, Q, and 2β, 15α-dihydroxyent-kaur-16-ene, creticoside A, B, and 2β,16α-dihydroxy-ent-kaurane.
The Effect of Rhizoma seu Herba Pteridis Dactylinae
Actions
It is used to clear away toxic heat, to promote diuresis and arrest convulsion; for the treatment of dysentery, diarrhea, enteritis,parotitis,lymphadenitis,infantile convulsion,bite by mad dog, abnormal leukorrhea, edema.
Dosage and Administrations
Decoct 9~15 g.
Sources and further reading
We cite classical materia medica and modern reference works. This article is health education, not medical advice.
- Shennong Bencao Jing (The Divine Farmer's Materia Medica), Han dynasty.
- Bencao Gangmu (Compendium of Materia Medica), Li Shizhen, 1578.
- Chinese Pharmacopoeia, current edition — identity, quality and safety monographs.
- NCCIH and WHO reference material on traditional medicine safety.
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