MALE FERN DRYOPTERIS FILIXMAS

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); Menorrhagia (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).