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Fern male is one of the plants of the family called millipedes, in Latin the name of this plant will sound like this: Dryopteris filix mas (L.) Schott. As for the name of the male fern family itself, then in Latin it will be like this: Polypodiaceae.
Description of male fern
The male fern is a perennial herb, the height of which will fluctuate between thirty and one hundred centimeters. From a short and rather thick rhizome of this plant, numerous thin roots and a bunch of large leaves will depart. Such leaves will be dark green and pinnately complex, they are located on long petioles, swollen at the very base, which, in turn, are covered with scales painted in rusty-brown tones. The young leaves of the male fern will be wrapped and they grow on top. The leaf blade of this plant is elongated-elliptical in outline, and at the top it will be finely pointed. The lobes of the first order of the male fern are short-petiolate and they are dissected into lobes of the second order with obtuse and jagged edges. It is noteworthy that in the second half of the summer season, on the underside of the leaves, namely on the lobes of the second order, the development of sporangia, clothed with rounded shapes, will occur. Such sporangia will be located in two rows along the vein, and they will also fill up through numerous spores.
Under natural conditions, the male fern is found in the territory of Central Asia, Crimea, the European part of Russia, Ukraine, the south of Western Siberia and the Caucasus. For growth, this plant prefers shady forests and mountains, as well as places among stones.
Description of the medicinal properties of male fern
The male fern is endowed with very valuable healing properties, while it is recommended to use the rhizomes of this plant for medicinal purposes. Such raw materials should be harvested in the autumn period from September to October, or in the spring before the start of leaf development from April to May.
The presence of a table of valuable medicinal properties is recommended to be explained by the content of phloroglucinol derivatives in the rhizomes of this plant, namely asidinophilicin, which in turn will decompose into aspidinol and philicic acid. Actually, it is philicic acid that will be the main active ingredient, which will cause paralysis of the muscles of the tapeworms, and also contribute to their rejection from the intestines. In addition, this plant contains essential oil, sucrose, starch, wax, flavaspidic acid, albasidin, sucrose, bitterness and tannins.
As for traditional medicine, here this plant is quite widespread. Here, male fern is recommended to be used as a very effective antihelminthic agent. An infusion based on the rhizomes of this plant should be used externally in the form of baths, lotions and rubdowns for hemorrhoids, purulent wounds, ulcers, convulsive contractions of the leg muscles and rheumatism.
The juice of this plant is also used for various ulcers and wounds. In addition, traditional medicine recommends using a decoction based on the rhizomes of this plant inside for various venereal diseases and diseases of the sciatic nerve, while in the form of drops, an alcoholic tincture of this plant can be used for dry pleurisy.
It should be noted that there are known cases of getting rid of gout and articular rheumatism when sleeping on mattresses that were filled with fresh leaves of male fern. However, it should be noted that this plant is poisonous and for this reason the use of the male fern requires very great care.
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