Filix mas
by Adolph von Lippe — Text Book of Materia Medica
Tænia. Worm fever. Sterility.
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by Adolph von Lippe — Text Book of Materia Medica
Tænia. Worm fever. Sterility.
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Filix mas appears in 5 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.
“Aspidium Filix mas, Swartz. (Nephrodium Filix mas, Rich.; Polypodium Filix mas, Linn.) Natural order , Filices. Common names , Male Fern; (Germ.), Farnwurzel; (Fr.), Fougère mâle. Preparation , Tincture of the inner part of the root. Authority. Dr. Berridge, provings, Med. Invest., N. S., 3, p. 282: 1 , Mr. --- took 1…”
“Male Fern (ASPIDIUM) A remedy for worm symptoms, especially with constipation. Tapeworm. Soporific conditions. Torpid inflammations of lymphatic glands (Maceration of fresh root). Pulmonary tuberculosis in young patients, no fever, with limited, ulcerated lesions, formerly classified as scrofula. Blindness, monocular…”
“Male Fern. N. O. Filices. Tincture of fresh root, or fresh root grated. Abdomen, bloated / Abortion / Blindness / Sterility / Tapeworm Male fern has been recognised as a vermifuge from the time of Galen, and Dioscorides credits it with the power of causing sterility and abortion. A fragmentary proving in Allen's…”
“Male Fern. Filices. "Galen, Theophrastus, and Avicenna speak of it as a vermifuge medicine. Dioscorides adds to this its capability to induce sterility and abortion." Fragmentary provings by Berridge, Med. Inv., N. S., vol. 3, p. 282. The tincture must be prepared from the fresh root ; "old preparations and tinctures…”
Kent's Repertory lists Filix mas in 2 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic.