DENTABRÓN (helecho macho dryopteris filix-mas)

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	DENTABRÓN
	*helecho macho dryopteris filix-mas*

Name
DENTABRÓN

Scientific Name
helecho macho dryopteris filix-mas

DENTABRÓN

Other Names:

Dentabrón

The ferns are plants criptógamas, that is to say, without flowers. They have roots, stems and leaves furrowed by conductive glasses. To this fern the male flame by the robust aspect of his frondes, that distinguishes of the fern female (Athyrium Filix-Femina, finer and delicate, but not by their system of reproduction, that is identical in the male fern and the female. The common fern is toxic.

Habitat: one grows up in shady and humid forests of all Europe and America.

Description: fern vivaz that reaches 1-1,5 meters of height, of the family of the Polipodiáceas. Their long frondes (the leaves of the ferns) lanceoladas is born directly of rizoma (underground stem).

Used parts: rizoma and the root.

Properties and indications: rizoma of the male fern contains, among other substances, filicina, that is able to paralyze muscles of the tapeworms and other intestinal parasites. Of this form the worm comes off itself the walls of the intestine and is paralyzed. One requires then that a laxative one completes the action, expelling the worm. The vermifugal action of the male fern has been verified on the following types of intestinal parasites: all the species of tapeworms, botriocéfalo, duodenal hookworm.

Use: from dust of rizoma and root 5 grams and other 5 are taken in the morning at night (the children, half of the dose); about 15 minutes later it is necessary to ingest 2 spoonfuls of laxative a saline one (sódico or magnésico sulphate). The ricino oil use is not recommended in this case. Etéreo extract (obtained by means of the ether): to take pharmaceutically in uninformed 3-5 g of this extract by root of prepared male fern, generally in 0.5 capsules of g (of 6 to 10 capsules). Habitually, these capsules already take including a small dose of laxative, reason why it is not necessary to take it.

Precautions: when the male fern is used vermifugal as is not necessary to forget the ingestion the laxative one, so and as it is indicated in "uso". Throughout the day, when male fern takes itself, spirits nor oil cannot be consumed. Not to exceed the dose of 10 grams of extract In elevated doses more produces you feel nauseous, vomits and diarreas In the poisoning by very high doses take place, in addition, ictericia, albuminuria, muscular weakness and convulsions. The use of this plant demands a facultative control. Who suffer of anemia, gastritis, gastroduodenal ulcer or cardiopathies must abstain to use the male fern.

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