| Plant names |
| English |
Maiden-hair, Maidenhair Fern, Southern Maidenhair Fern, Venus-hair |
| Latin |
Adiantum capillusveneris L., Adiantum cuneatum Langsdorf et Fisch. |
| Plant parts | Leaf, Whole plant |
| Diseases & Uses |
| Diseases |
alleviating, Antibacterial, Anticatarrhal, Antidandruff, Antidiarrheic, Antidysenteric, Antihemorrhagic, AntiOxidant, Antiviral, Asthma, Asthmatic, Astringent, bites, Blood cleanser, Bronchitis, cardiac, cholagogic, Choleretic, Common cold, cooling, cough, cough depressing, diuretic, Dry skin, expectorant, Hepatic, Hypoglycemia, Hypotension, inflammation, laxative, Muscular sclerosis, Pain, Pickmeup, relaxes the nervous system, sweatinducing, Tonic, Wart, Whooping cough |
| Women's diseases |
Aids milk flow in nursing mothers, Amenorrhea, Dysmenorrhea, regularise periods |
| Foods |
tea substitute |
| Other uses |
Anthelmintics, hair preparations |
| Contents |
| | Astragalin, Beta-Sitosterol, bitter essence, caffeic acid, Campesterol, Campherol, Carbohydrates, Carotene, Coumaric-Acid, essential oil, gallic acid, glucose, Hydroxycinnamic-Acid, Isoquercetin, lutein, mucilage, procyanidin, Quercetin, rutin, Shikimic-Acid, sugar, Tannic acid, violaxanthin, Zeaxanthin |
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