👀 Pteris ensiformis

Traditional Herbs from Pteris ensiformis

treat_dysentery

• Prepare enough young\u00a0fresh leaves of lace fern, wash them thoroughly.
• Boil until boiling.
• Let it warm/cool.
• Strain then drink.

treat_swollen_neck glands": ["Prepare sufficient fresh roots of lace fern.

Blend the roots until they become juice.

Apply the juice to treat swollen neck glands.

What is Pteris ensiformis Looks like??

Parts of Pteris ensiformis that could be used

• Leaves
• Roots
• Rhizomes

Pteris ensiformis Distribution

P. ensiformis naturally occurs in Sri Lanka, India, China, throughout Southeast Asia to northern Australia and Polynesia, and is widely naturalized elsewhere. This species has a function as a potential bioremediation and ornamental plant. In addition, P. ensiformis can be consumed, where the steamed young leaves can be eaten and also used as a food flavoring. In Taiwan, this species is used as an ingredient in most traditional beverage formulas.
Agroecology of Pteris ensiformis
P. ensiformis is found in irrigated rice fields whose habitat is under the shade of trees and has a high level of humidity and the soil base is covered with moss, thus supporting the growth of this type of fern. Also often found in shady places under rocks, in cracks, or old wet walls, among tree roots in open places. Epiphytes on dead tree trunks. Lithophytes on river banks and ditches, wall gaps, road dividers, rock gaps.
Morphology of Pteris ensiformis

• Slender, creeping, spreading or erect, scaly rhizomes that are dark brown and shiny.
• Leaves are dimorphic, pointed, pinnate to bipinnate, sometimes triple pinnate, dark green above, glabrous. Ental pinatifid with arrangement leaves opposite, sterile lamina shaped like a sword or oval, with lower pinnae usually pinnate, leaf tips rounded, leaf edges serrated, leaf bones forked to to the edge, below the tripinnatifid or pinnate with 1-3 lobes or pinnules. Stem is round, green with white hair. There are two types of enthal, the sterile enthal (sterile) which is shorter and located at the bottom Stems, leaf blades are wider and irregularly serrated at the edges. Ental is fertile, leaf blades are thin but strong, taller, bipinnate, fertile leaf pinnae is branched. once near the base only, the lobes are much narrower than in the sterile pinnae.
• The sori are linearly arranged, lining up along the edge of the fertile pinnula, protected by a false indusium that curves abaxially. Green when young, dark brown when ripe, tuberculate surface, thick perispores.

Cultivation of Pteris ensiformis
Plant propagation is through spores, rhizome cuttings and by separating plantlets.

Pteris ensiformis, more details :

Chemical Content of Pteris ensiformis
2•-hydroxy-4•-methoxychalcone, quercetin, 2•, 4•dihydroxychalcone, 5,7,3•,4• tetrahydroxyflavone, 7,3•,4• trihydroxyflavone, multikaurane B, Henry A, ent-11a-hydroxy-15-oxokaur-16-en-19-oic acid, (+)-(bR)-3•,4-dihydroy-3,4•-dimethoxydihydrochalcone, (—)-( bS)-3•,4-dihydroy-3,4•- dimethoxy-dihydrochalcone, kaempferol 3-O-b-lrhamnopyranoside-7-O-[a-d-apiofuranosyl-(1-2)-b-d-glucopyranoside], 7-O-caffeoylhydroxymaltol 3-O-b-d-glucopyranoside, hispidin 4-O-b-dglucopyranoside.
Benefits of Pteris ensiformis
Cleaning an unhealthy child's tongue (astrigent), treating swollen neck glands, treating dysentery, enteritis, fever, malaria, swelling and sore throat, urinary tract infections, vaginal discharge, mumps, measles, eczema, boils and arrow wounds, controlling menstruation, bleeding hemorrhoids, dysmenorrhea. Has activity as an antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, antirheumatic.
Simplisia of Pteris ensiformis

• Prepare enough fresh fronds of lace fern fern, wash until clean.
• Dry in the sun or in an oven at a temperature\u00a040\u00b0C until the moisture content\u00a010%.
• Store in a clean and airtight container.

Another Facts for Pteris ensiformis :

Synonym of Pteris ensiformis
Pteris ensiformis var. ensiformis, Pteris serrulata var. obtusata Christ
Habitus of Pteris ensiformis
Fern. Ferns, in clumps, can grow to a height of 20 - 40 cm
Habitat of Pteris ensiformis

• Mainland