Polypodium glycyrrhiza

Polypodium glycyrrhiza
Family:Polypodium glycyrrhiza; Alterative; Carminative; Haemostatic; Pectoral.
Common name:Licorice fern
Liquorice fern was employed medicinally by several native North American Indian tribes who used it especially as a treatment for a variety of chest complaints. It is little if at all used in modern herbalism. The rhizomes are alterative carminative haemostatic and pectoral. The raw rhizomes have been eaten or an infusion has been used in the treatment of coughs and colds chest pains shortness of breath and VD. The roots have been chewed and the juice swallowed as a treatment for sore throats and the spitting or vomiting of blood. A tea of the pounded boiled rhizomes mixed with fir needles has been used to treat measles. Coughs have been treated by chewing and slowly swallowing the juice of the roasted rhizome. The roots have been used in the treatment of colds and sore throats.

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