Athyrium filix-femina

Athyrium filix-femina
Family:Athyrium filix-femina; Anthelmintic; Diuretic; Poultice; Women's complaints.
Common name:Lady fern
A tea of the boiled stems has been used to relieve labour pains. The young unfurled fronds have been eaten to treat internal ailments such as cancer of the womb. The roots are anthelmintic and diuretic. A tea of the boiled roots has been used to treat general body pains to stop breast pains caused by childbirth and to induce milk flow in caked breasts. The dried powdered root has been applied externally to heal sores. A liquid extract of the root is an effective anthelmintic though it is less powerful than the male fern Dryopteris felix-mas.

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