Dryopteridaceae Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth

Common Ladyfern

Meskwaki - Drug, Analgesic

Use documented by:
Smith, Huron H., 1928, Ethnobotany of the Meskwaki Indians, Bulletin of the Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee 4:175-326, page 237

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Scientific name: Athyrium filix-femina (L.) Roth
USDA symbol: ATFIA (View details at USDA PLANTS site)
Common names: Common Ladyfern
Family: Dryopteridaceae
Family (APG):
Native American Tribe: Meskwaki
Use category: Drug
Use sub-category: Analgesic
Notes: Decoction of root taken by women for bosom pains caused by childbirth.

RECRD: 82894 id: 6576

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