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MALE FERN (Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott) X
(downgraded from CRC Edition 1)Activities (Male Fern) — Abortifacient (f; MPG); Antibacterial (1; MPG); Antiseptic (1;
MPG); Antiviral (1; PHR; PH2); Aperient (f; CRC); Astringent (f; CRC); Contraceptive (f;
MPG); Cyanogenic (f; CRC); Cytotoxic (1; PHR; PH2); Insecticide (f; CRC); Laxative (f;
CRC); Pectoral (f; CRC; EFS); Poison (f; CRC); Taenifuge (f; CRC; PNC); Vermifuge (1;
CRC; GMH; PHR; PNC).
Indications (Male Fern) — Bacteria (1; MPG); Cancer (f; CRC); Constipation (f; CRC);
Dentition (f; PHR); Earache (f; PHR; PH2); Epistaxis (f; CRC); Flu (1; MPG); Fluke (f; PHR);
Hepatosis (f; PHR); Herpes (1; MPG); Induration (f; JLH); Infection (1; MPG; PH2); Menor-
rhagia (f; CRC); Myalgia (f; PHR; PH2); Neuralgia (f; PHR; PH2); Ophthalmia (f; PH2); Pain
(f; PHR; PH2); Puerperium (f; CRC); Rheumatism (f; PHR; PH2); Rickets (f; GMH); Sciatica
(f; HHB; PHR; PH2); Stomatosis (1; MPG); Tapeworm (1; CRC; PHR; PNC); Toothache (f;
PHR; PH2); Virus (1; MPG; PHR; PH2); Worm (1; CRC; GMH; PHR; PNC); Wound (f; CRC;
GMH; PH2).
Dosages (Male Fern) — 1–10 g (PNC); 6–8 g for adults, 4–6 g for children but may be toxic
(PHR); 3–6 ml plant extract (PNC).
Contraindications, Interactions, and Side Effects (Male Fern) — Class 2a, 2b, 2c, 3.
Canadians do not allow its use as a nonmedicinal ingredient for oral use products (AHP). In
too-large doses, an irritant poison, causing muscular weakness and coma, particularly injurious
to eyesight, even causing blindness. Other symptoms include nausea, diarrhea, vertigo, delirium,
tremors, convulsion, and cardiac or respiratory failure. Allergenic in some and can be fatally
poisonous if misused. It should be used only by prescription from a doctor, and I doubt many
doctors will prescribe it (CRC). Contraindicated in anemia, cardiopathy, diabetes, hepatosis,
and nephrosis (PH2).MALLOW, HIGH MALLOW (Malva sylvestris L.) +++Synonyms: M. mauritiana L., M. sylvestris var. incanescens Griseb.
Activities (Mallow) — Analgesic (1; BRU); Antiinflammatory (1; FAD; WAM); Antiseptic (f;
WOI); Astringent (1; FAD; HHB); Demulcent (2; DEP; KOM; PIP; WAM); Diuretic (f; DEP;