Liber Herbarum Minor (English)
The incomplete reference-guide to Herbal medicine

Rev.12-05-2020

Common male fern

Plant

English

Common male fern, Aspidium, Basket fern, Bear's paw root, Dryopteris filix-mas, Fern, Knotty brake, Male-fern, Male shield fern, Male woodfern, Shield fern, Sweet brake

Latin

Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott, Aspidium filix-mas (L.) Sw., Nephrodium filix-mas (L.) Rich., Polypodium filix-mas L., Aspidium filix mas Sw., Nephrodium filix mas, Polypodium filix-mas, Dryopteris filix mas

Plantparts

creeping rootstalks, Fresh root, Rhizome, Unspecified

Diseases & Uses

Ungrouped Diseases & Uses

Ache, Aches, Adstringent, Analgesic, Anodyne, Antalgic, Anthelmintic, Anti-bacterial, Antibacterial Agent, Antifebrile, Anti-flu, Anti-gout, Antihemorrhagic, Antihæmorrhagic, Antiinflammatory, antiinflammatory agent, Anti-neuralgic, Anti-pyretic, Anti-Rheumatic, Antiseptic, Antiviral, Antiviral Agent, arthritis, Assist healing of wounds, Astrigent, astringent, Bactericidal, Bactericide, Bacteriostatic, baktericidal, Bleeding Stancher, Cestoda, Cestoidea, check bleeding, Chronic pain, Disinfectant, Febrifugal, febrifuge, Febrile response, Fever, feverish condition, Fevers, Flu, General inflammation, General inflammations, gout, Gripe, Grippe, haemostatic, healing, healing cuts, Healing wounds, heal wounds, Hemostat, hemostatic, Hæmostatic, Inflammation, inflammation in general, inflammation of the lungs, inflammations, Inflammations in general, Influenza, inhibit bleeding, internal bleeding, internal haemorrhage, intestinal tapeworm, intestinal worm, Intestinal worms, low back pain, lumbago, Lung inflammation, measles, Meningitis, Morbilli, Nerve pains, neuralgia, Pain, painful disorders, painkiller, pain relief, pain relieving, Pains, pains in general, pain stilling, pneumonia, pneumonitis, promotes healing of wounds, Pyretic, Pyrexia, Red measles, reduce fevers, relieves fevers, Rheumatic arthralgia, Rheumatic disorder, Rheumatism, Rubeola, Stanches blood, staunches bleeding, Stiptic, Stop bleeding, stops bleeding, Styptic, taenia, tapeworm, Tapeworm infestation, the flue, Used as an antiseptic, varicose veins, varicose vessel, varix, viral infection, Viruses, virus infection, Vulnerary, wound healing, Wound repair, Wounds healing

Women's diseases

Abortifacient, Abortion, abortive, induce abortion, Metrorrhagia, stops bleeding of the uterus, uterine bleeding, Uterine haemorrhage, Uterine hemorrhage, Vaginal bleeding, Vaginal hemorrhage

Warnings

Brings on vomiting, causes nausea, causes vomiting, Convulsant, do not self-administer, No folk medical use, no folk medicinal use, Poison, Poisonous, Toxic, Toxic sideeffects

Other uses

bedbug, keeps vermin at bay, kills bedbugs

TCM - Traditional Chinese medicine

Traditional Chinese medicine, Used in traditional Chinese medicin

Religion, Magic & Witchcraft

Magic, magic power, magic use, Witchcraft, Witchery

Local (Geographical) use

Phytomedical use in Brazil, Phytomedical use in Cyprus

Ingredients

 Bitter Components, Butyric acid, Dyes, essential oil, fat, fat oil, Filixic acid, filmarone, glucose, Hexanol, Isobutyric acid, Octanol, Oleoresin, Organic acid, Phlobaphenes, Phloroglucinol, Phloroglucinol derivate, potash, Protocatechuic acid, starch, sugar, Tannic acid, tannin, Tanning agents

Source: LiberHerbarum/Pn0155

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