Asplenium ceterach

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Asplenium ceterach L.

Flora Palaestina Ethnobotany

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Rustyback, Scale Fern, Scaly Spleenwort
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Aspleniaceae

  • Ceterach officinarum Willd.
  • Rustyback
  • Scale Fern
  • Scaly Spleenwort
  • dandana refu'it
  • דַּנְדַּנָּה רְפוּאִית
  • ghalqeh غالقة
  • hashishet el-dahab حشيشة الذهب

Hemicryptophyte

  • Shady rocks
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Medicinal Complaints / Uses

   

Medicinal Complaints / Uses

Asplenium ceterach L.

System/State Traditional
Complaint/Use		 Activity / Interpretation
Traditional
Preparation/
Administration		 Parts Used
Source
Wound Healing

Wound

Vulnerary

Use aerial parts as poultice on wound.

Aerial parts B

Notes

Cautions

Asplenium genus (ferns) has some species containing carcinogens. Many ferns also contain thiaminase which in large quantities can delete vitamin B complex causing health problems. Cooking/heating destroys thiaminase.

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