Latin, Aspidium filix mas, Dryopteris f. m., Lastrea f. m., Nephrodium f. m. Polypodium f. m. ;
English, Male fern ;
French, Fougere male ;
German, Mannliches Ferrenkraut ;
Persian, Sarkhas ;
Urdu, Keel Daroo.
A deciduous, perennial herb, with short, unbranched rhizome, 1 inch
in diameter, but appearing much large on a account of many matted
fibers forming a turfy head, blackish and scaly, having numerous,
long, slightly branched, filiform roots. The fronds ( or Leaves) 1
to 3 feet long, from extremit y of rhizome, are bi-pinnate, erect,
appearing like a pulme, with long, stiff, channeled petioles. The
fruit consists of minute, brown, ovoid spores, in receptacles
attached along the midrib on the back of the fronds. The fern
has a disagreeable odour, and a nauseous, bitter, astringent taste.
Found in :-
Western United States, Lake Superior to the pecific, along the
rocky mountains to Mexico, parts of south America all temperature
parts of Europe and Asia, found in shady places.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Hartman, Allg. Hom. Zeit. 11. 67. in 1833. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 332 ; X 528.)
The root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Filix mas, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 233 Cc. | = 333.
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity in this proportion | 797 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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