Cibotium barometz – A medicinal plant with many health benefits

Cibotium barometz is a medicinal plant found in some mountainous provinces in Northern Vietnam such as Lai Chau, Lao Cai, Yen Bai, or Ha Giang. Due to its many uses in medicine, this plant is hunted and exploited indiscriminately. Cibotium barometz is also one of the medicinal raw materials being selected and distributed by Mai Anh Group to the international market.

English name: Golden moss.

Description

Arborescent fern. Rhizome stout and short, clothed with long brownish-yellow silky hairs. Leaves are fronds, tripinnate, over 2m long.

Distribution

Grows wild in wet and shady ravines in mountainous regions.

Parts used

Rhizomes are harvested at the end of the year. After all the radicles and the yellow hairs covering them have been removed, the rhizomes should be chipped into slices and dried in the sun.

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Chemical composition

The Cibotium barometz contain 30% starch. The yellow fuzz yields pigments and tannin – a compound that has antibacterial, antiviral, and blood-clotting properties.

Therapeutic uses

The Cibotium barometz has anti-inflammatory and anodyne properties. It is utilized in the therapy of rheumatism, osteodynia, lumbago, sciatica, leucorrhoea, polyuria in the aged, dysuria, and pollakiuria. The daily dosage is 10 to 20g in the form of a decoction or alcoholic maceration. The yellow hairs of the rhizome are used in a haemostatic poultice for wounds.

Source: traditional-medicinenews

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