Steinmetz:Polypodium

Polypodium calaguala

Also known as (or relevant to) Polypodium calaguala Polypodium aureum Family Polypodiaceae English Names Calaguala Callahuala Hare's foot fern Natural Habitat Peru Chile Part(s) Used Radix Calagualae

Constituent(s) fatty oil sugar mucilage rannin Action used against whooping cough and other respiratory diseases

Polypodium vulgare

Also known as (or relevant to) Polypodium vulgare Family Polypcdiaceae English Names Polypody Adder's Fern Oak Fern Golden Locks Natural Habitat Europe Persia and other parts of the world Part(s) Used Herba Polypodii Rhizoma Polypodii

Constituent(s) root: polypodin potash-salts sugar fixed fatty oil mucilage resin tannin starch albuminoids mannite saponin sammambain glycyrrhizin Action aperient expectorant pectoral alterative tonic deobstruent cholagogue slightly astringent

Links

• Information in Von Esenbeck's book