The centipede that enters the ground, also known as centipede grass, water centipede, inverted ground centipede, centipede grass, inverted unicorn, ground centipede, and passing centipede. It is a perennial herbaceous plant, belonging to the seven-finger fern family. The whole plant or rhizome is used as medicine, with a bitter and cold taste, entering the lungs and liver meridians. It has the effects of clearing heat, resolving phlegm, and detoxifying snake venom.
Alias: inverted ground centipede, centipede grass, inverted unicorn, ground centipede, passing centipede, passing Goose River, false seven-leaf flower, seven-leaf one-stem flower, water centipede.
Source: From "Illustrated Guide to Medicinal Plants in Guangxi"
Original form: Seven-finger fern, perennial herbaceous plant. The rhizome is creeping and horizontally spreading, purple-red on the outside and white on the inside, with many fleshy coarse roots resembling centipedes. Sporangial spikes are solitary, growing from the base of the leaves, with a stalk of 7-9cm long, brownish-brown, and a spike of 8-12cm long, green; sporangia are spherical without stalks, several are clustered on the receptacle, with uneven rooster-like protrusions at the top; spores are oval and smooth.
