Steinmetz:Asplenium

General Index (総索引)

Medicinal Effect (薬効一覧)

Asplenium adiantum nigrum

Also known as (or relevant to) Asplenium adiantum nigrum Family Polypodiaceae English Names Black Spleenwort Black Maidenhair Natural Habitat Europe Part(s) Used Folia

Action pectoral

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book

Asplenium filix foemina

Also known as (or relevant to) Asplenium filix foemina Athyrium filix foemina Polystichum rigidum Family Polypodiaceae (Filices) Natural Habitat Europe (including Great Britain) temperate parts of Asia and of North- and South Africa Part(s) Used Rhizoma Asplenii Filix foeminae

Constituent(s) filicin filicic acid filicitannic acid filmarone filix red chlorophyll starch gum essential oil fatty oil resin salts potash Action vermifuge taeniafuge astringent pectoral; in action similar to that of the male fern but not so powerful

Asplenium ruta-muraria

Also known as (or relevant to) Asplenium ruta-muraria Family Polypodiaceae English Names Wall-Rue-Maidenhair Stone-Fern Wall-Spleenwort Natural Habitat Europe Part(s) Used Herba Rutae murariae

Constituent(s) expectorant

Asplenium scolopendrium

Also known as (or relevant to) Asplenium scolopendrium Scolopendrium officinarum (vulgare) Phyllitis scolopendrium Family Polypodiaceae English Names Hart's Tongue Natural Habitat Central and Southern Europe Part(s) Used Herba Scolopendrii

Constituent(s) mucilage Action pectoral diuretic laxative astringent sudorific vulnerary used in diarrhoea and dysentery

Asplenium trichomanes

Also known as (or relevant to) Asplenium trichomanes Family Polypodiaceae English Names Common Spleenwort Common Maidenhair Natural Habitat Europe Part(s) Used Folia Bucco = Folia Buchu = Folia Diosmae

Action pectoral anthelmintic

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book