Dryopteridaceae Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott

Christmas Fern

Iroquois - Drug, Anticonvulsive

Use documented by:
Herrick, James William, 1977, Iroquois Medical Botany, State University of New York, Albany, PhD Thesis, page 257

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Scientific name: Polystichum acrostichoides (Michx.) Schott
USDA symbol: POACA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Christmas Fern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Iroquois
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Anticonvulsive
Notes: Poultice of wet, smashed roots used on children's back and head for convulsions.

RECRD: 92073 id: 29074

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