Review Male Fern Forms and Sizes Below

Common Name:  Male Fern, Dryopteris, Japanese flowering fern rhizome, Male fern rhizome, Polypodium Fotunei, Wood Fern
Botanical Name:  Dryopteris crassirhizoma rhizome, Drynaria fortunei rhizome
Chinese / Pin Yin Name:  Gu Sui Bu, Guan Zhong
Male Fern Dosage:  Follow doctors instructions on how to use this herb.
Male Fern Precautions:  Do not use if pregnant or nursing.

Male Fern Benefits & Information

Male Fern is a traditional Chinese medicinal herb to clear heat, cool the blood, remove toxicity and tonify yang.  Male Fern may support healthy blood lipid levels, benefits hair health, promotes bone health and healing, benefits joint health, may rid parasites such as tapeworms and supports healthy kidney function.  It has anti-viral, vermifuge, anti-inflammatory, antibiotic, anti-arthritic and sedative effects.
Male Fern Properties: bitter, slightly cold, slightly toxic
Male Fern Channels / Meridians: Liver, Spleen, Stomach
Male Fern Naturally Occurring Components:  demethoxymatteucinol, matteucinol, pinosylvin 3-O-β-D-glucopyranoside

Herbs That Combine With Male Fern

Eucommia Bark     Shu Di Huang        Bu Gu Zhi     Yi Zhi Ren     Xu Duan 

References  
http://alternativehealing.org/gu_sui_bu.htm, https://tcmwiki.com/wiki/gu-sui-bu, http://www.naturalmedicinalherbs.net/herbs/d/dryopteris-filix-mas=male-fern.php, http://www.chineseherbshealing.com/dryopteris-wood-fern/