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Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott
Male Fern
USDA DRFI2
Bella Coola Drug, Antidote
Rhizomes eaten raw to neutralize plant and shellfish poisoning.
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 197
Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott
Male Fern
USDA DRFI2
Bella Coola Food, Dietary Aid
Rhizomes eaten raw for losing weight.
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 197
Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott
Male Fern
USDA DRFI2
Bella Coola Food, Unspecified
Rhizomes eaten raw or steamed.
Turner, Nancy J., 1973, The Ethnobotany of the Bella Coola Indians of British Columbia, Syesis 6:193-220, page 197
Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott
Male Fern
USDA DRFI2
Cherokee Drug, Anthelmintic
Infusion of root taken for worms.
Hamel, Paul B. and Mary U. Chiltoskey, 1975, Cherokee Plants and Their Uses -- A 400 Year History, Sylva, N.C. Herald Publishing Co., page 34