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Male fern (Aspidium filix-mas) is the primary herb of choice for the treatment of tapeworms (taenia).
THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE JOHN LUST 2003
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Aspidium cristatum × marginale, Aspidium simulatum, Aspidium spinulosum and its Varieties, Botrychium ternatum and its Varieties, Notes on Botrychium simplex.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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He discovered also the hybrid _Aspidium cristatum × Marginale_.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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After leaving Panga we came on to a place called Minzapeeza, here Adiantum, Aspidium?
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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The generic appellations of the several species of Ferns are derived thus: _Aspidium_, from _aspis_, a shield, because the spores are enclosed in bosses; _Pteris_, from _pteerux_, a wing, having doubly pinnate fronds; or from _pteron_, a feather, having feathery fronds;
Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure William Thomas Fernie
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Amaranthaceae; Prinsepia, rare; very little variety in ferns; Pteris chrysocarpa, Aspidium pungens, and another are the most common; nor is there any variety in Epiphytous ferns, and very few Jungermannias.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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A careful observer and student of nature, he discovered _Aspidium simulatum_ at Follymill, Seabrook, N.H., in 1880.
The Fern Lover's Companion A Guide for the Northeastern States and Canada George Henry Tilton
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Those chaoses Polypodium, Aspidium, Davallia, would then undergo distinct creation, and the primary divisions of the family would become fixed; and we should then be spared the reproach of drawing characters from organs, of the nature and functions of which we are quite ignorant of, and of the importance of which in a science of demonstration like that of botany, it is impossible to judge, without a true knowledge of structure.
Journals of Travels in Assam, Burma, Bhootan, Afghanistan and the Neighbouring Countries William Griffith
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YÂNA UTSĚSTA = “the bear lies on it” -- Aspidium acrostichoides -- Shield Fern: Root decoction drunk to produce vomiting, and also used to rub on the skin, after scratching, for rheumatism -- in both cases some other plant is added to the decoction; the warm decoction is also held in the mouth to relieve toothache.
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YÂNA UTSĔSTA = “the bear lies on it” -- Aspidium acrostichoides --
Seventh Annual Report of the Bureau of Ethnology to the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, 1885-1886, Government Printing Office, Washington, 1891 John Wesley Powell 1868
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