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COMMON NAME: Drynaria
LATIN NAME:  Drynaria fortunei, Drynaria quercifolia, Drynaria bonii
AKA:  Gu Sui Bu, Oak Leaf Fern
 
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Drynaria fortunei  

There are several variants of Drynaria. They have actions and uses in common, but also actions and uses that differ.

Gusuibu (Drynaria fortunei /baronii) is the one in Drynaria 12 Seven Forests:
http://www.acuatlanta.net/seven-forests-drynaria-12-250-tablets-p-17519.html  It is a most interesting herb. Its Pinyin name (Gu Sui Bu) means "Mender of Broken Bones"  (Literally, "bone smashed to pieces fix"). It also is a Yang Tonic and VULNERARY, but has with many other actions and clinical applications. See notes below.

Here are some uses for the plant Drynaria quercifolia; Against urinary pathogens: "Thus, the acetone extract of the rhizome of Drynaria quercifolia is more active, almost equivalent to the antibiotic amikacin" http://www.apjtb.com/zz/2012s1/25.pdf  See pics! http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=+Drynaria+quercifolia++pics

This plant is used in Hawaiian medicine and to adorn one's body with the leaves around wrists, ankles and head to participate in ceremonies and rituals.  The Hawaiian name is "La wai" fern. It has a musky sweet smell and it surrounds my clinic and house.  It is considered a "sacred plant". The Polynesian cultures used the rhizomes and the fronds to treat inflammation.  Locally, after being mashed, the plant is applied to bruises and broken bones As well as abscesses...makes a great poultice. - Ihor

Drynaria= tonifies Yang, vitalizes and nourishes
blood, strengthens tendons)
Here are some uses for the plant
Drynaria quercifolia
Against urinary pathogens:

"
Thus, the acetone extract of the rhizome of Drynaria quercifolia is more
active, almost equivalent to the antibiotic amikacin"

http://www.apjtb.com/zz/2012s1/25.pdf
 
PINYIN NAME: Gusuibu ("Mender of Smashed Bones");
aka: Gusuibu (Sheng); Guoshanlong; Houjiang; Husunjiang; Husunjiang; Maojiang;
Maoshengjiang; Payanjiang; Rousuibu; Shenjiang; Shimaojiang; Shiyanjiang; Yanlianjiang;
Youmaojiang; See Buguzhi

COMMON NAME: Drynaria Rz, Fortune´s Drynaria Rz

LATIN NAME: Rz Drynariae fortunei / baronii

HERB CLASS: Tone Yang, esp Tone KI Yang

NATURE: Hot / Warm; Non-TOXIC; Bitter

CHANNELS: LV; KI

DOSE: As Dec: 10-20g; as TOPICAL: qs

ACTIONS: (1) Tone Yang; Tone KI; Tone KI Yang; Tone KI Jing / Marrow; Grow Hair;
Disperse Xueyu; Smash Xue / Clots; Tone LV; Dispel Wind Damp; Clear Wind Heat + pain;
(2) VULNERARY~ Generate Flesh in damage dt falls + blows; Heal Burns; Strengthen Sinew
+ Bone / Tendon + Muscle; Set Fracture; Restore Sinew + Anodyne; Clear Toxin from Bone;
(3) Vent Pus; Clear Toxin~ kanamycin + streptomycin;
(4) Hypocholesterolaemic; Hypolipaemic; Antiatherosclerosis;
(5) Harden gums; Haemostat~ esp gums (Astringe Gums); Antiinflammatory;
(6) Also: Antimicrobial; Vermicide

CLINICAL USES:
(1) KI Xu + LV Xu / Xueyu / KI Xu / KI Yangxu w Sinew + Bone weakness / body~ lower pain
+ weakness, loin-waist pain, back + knees rheumatism + weakness diarrhoea~ chronic,
toothache, vertigo, tinnitus; Wind Damp Bi + loin-waist pain + movable impediment, foot
wilting~ biltateral, weakness, pain, toothache, tinnitus + deafness, arthritis, arthralgia, etc; KI
Yangxu + Xu Fire Upflaming; Xueyu + trauma + falls, bone trauma; appendicitis + corns;
Wind Damp / Windstrike, Crane Knee + cramp Qi, Wind Xue ache / pain, 5 Taxations + 6
Extremes; mouth + hand not restrained, SJU Heat + SJL Cold (Heat Above + Cold Below);
diarrhoea, strangury, emission + anal desertion;
(2) oral + TOPICAL in damage / sprain dt trauma / falls + blows; fractures / bone trauma;
Sinew trauma, burns, tinea infection; as TOPICAL (wine-fried) for alopecia areata / vitiligo;
(3) pus, flesh~ necrotic; sores / ulcers~ malignant; streptomycin + kanamycin poisoning +
tinnitus / deafness~ cochlear poisoning + headache;
(4) atherosclerosis + deposits in vessels;
(5) Gusuibu alone as TOPICAL in gingivitis + toothache, gum pain + gum~ bleeding, teeth
loose +rocking, weight loss, loin-waist weakness, fatigue (stir-fry 50g Gusuibu until black;
grind to Powder + use as TOPICAL to gums several times in 1 week + teeth will set well + not
move again)

COMBOS: Gusuibu is in Dieda ("hit + fall" = traumatology) Med for damage dt falls + blows
during martial arts; Gusuibu + Jingouji + Xuduan to Set Fracture / bone trauma + Sinew
trauma, damage dt falls + blows; Gubuzhi is used for this purpose also; TOPICAL Gusuibu
fresh Hb in damage dt falls + blows + burns, tinea infection; wine-fried in alopecia; Gusuibu +
Rougui, Niuxi, Buguzhi, Duzhong + Xuduan, etc in KI Xu / KI Yangxu to Strengthen Sinew +
Bone in body~ lower pain + weakness;

CI wo Xueyu; CI in Yinxu w Fire~ vigorous
 
http://tinyurl.com/9thj443 says:
LATIN NAME: Rz Drynariae / Polypodii quercifoliae / quercifolii

PINYIN NAME: Liyehujue; Shushanghujue; Shugusuibu; Dongyehujue (Literally: Ridgepole
Leaf Mongolian Oak Fern; this is a typo for Liyehujue - Li + Dong characters are very
similar);

NATURE: Warm; Bitter

CHANNELS: KI

DOSE: as Dec: 9-15g; as TOPICAL: qs, grind finely + apply

ACTIONS: Dispel Wind Damp, Tone KI + Join / Set Bone; Move Xue + Haemostat;; efficacy
same as Gusuibu

USES: Bi-Obstruction Pattern for many days; LV-KI Dual Xu; loin-waist + knee pain; Sinew +
Vessels contracture / spasm; KI Xu w tinnitus; toothache; polyuria; trauma / injury, fractures;
trauma / wounds~ external w bleeding
 
http://tinyurl.com/9lltsct says:
LATIN NAME: Rz Drynariae bonii

PINYIN NAME: Tuanyehujue; Hutouji; Rousuibu; Suibu

NATURE: Warm; Bitter~ slightly

CHANNELS: SP; KI

DOSE: as Dec: 9-15g

ACTIONS: Relax Sinew + Open Luo; Tone KI + Nourish Jing; Tone Xu + Disperse
Gan-Malnourishment Pattern

USES: trauma / injury, fractures, KI Xu w tinnitus, Ganji malnourishment Pattern~ pediatric
 
 
 
 
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