FILIX MAS
Male Fern
(ASPIDIUM)
A treatment for worm symptoms, particularly with constipation. Tapeworm. Soporific conditions. Torpid inflammations of lymphatic glands (Maceration of clean root). Pulmonary tuberculosis in younger patients, no fever, with limited, ulcerated lesions, previously categorized as scrofula.
Eyes.–Blindness, monocular amblyopia.
Abdomen.–Bloated.–Gnawing-pain; worse consuming sweets. Diarrhoea and vomiting. Worm colic, with itching of nose, faded face, blue rings round eyes. Painless hiccough.
Relationship.–Compare: Aspidium Alhamanticum.–Panna -3 doses, 2 grammes each, all in 1/2 hour, fasting in a glass of milk. Tasteless and will cast off tape worm. Cina; Granat; Kousso.
Dose.–First to 1/3 potency. For the expulsion of tapeworm, a full dose of half of to 1 dram of the Oleoresin, fasting.
