WARNING: All medicines, drugs, plants, chemicals or medicial precedures below are for historical reference only. Many of these treatments are now known to be harmful and possibly fatal. Do not consume any plant, chemical, drug or otherwise without first consulting a licensed physician that practices medine in the appropriate field.
Physician's Materia Medica on Male Fern (aspidium)
MALE FERN (Aspidium)DRFI2
The rhizome of DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS, (L.) Schott. An efficient remedy for tapeworm. The oleoresin is the best preparation. The dose should be taken in the morning fasting, followed in two hours by a calomel purge, not by castor oil.1
The rhizome of DRYOPTERIS FILIX-MAS, (L.) Schott. An efficient remedy for tapeworm. The oleoresin is the best preparation. The dose should be taken in the morning fasting, followed in two hours by a calomel purge, not by castor oil.1
References
1) Nelson, Baker & Co., 1904, Physician's Handy Book of Materia Medica and Therapeustics, Detroit, Michigan.