Other names and synonyms
fil.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
Male Fern. N. O. Filices. Tincture of fresh root, or fresh root grated.
Nosology
Abdomen, bloated. Abortion. вlindness. Sterility. Tapeworm.
Typical features
Male fern has been recognised as a vermifuge from the time of Galen, and Dioscorides credits it with the power of causing sterility and abortion. A fragmentary proving in Allen s Appendix records a case in which 15 to 20 drops of the tincture given three times a day to a woman suffering from bloated abdomen with more or less pain caused diminution of the bloating, but also: Severe prolapse of vagina, pain and tenesmus of bladder with copious and frequent emission of urine with intense pain. Filix was discontinued and then сhimaphila relieved. The symptoms did not return afterwards, except after much walking and standing. Hering says the best time to give the drug for expulsion of tapeworm is in the summer when the fresh root can be obtained. If an ounce of the grated root is given in the forenoon, usually the tapeworm comes away in the afternoon. Among the leading symptoms are: Pale face with blue rings round eyes; gnawing, boring pains in abdomen,.
Teste has used it successfully in a case of violent dyspnoea without cough, with stitches in region of heart and obscure symptoms of pericarditis. The patient was a young lady of lymphatico-nervous temperament, and was much weakened by long sickness.
Teste has used it successfully in a case of violent dyspnoea without cough, with stitches in region of heart and obscure symptoms of pericarditis. The patient was a young lady of lymphatico-nervous temperament, and was much weakened by long sickness.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Areca, Granat., Kousso and сuc. pep. sem. (tape-worm); Gels., сarb. s., вen. din. (vision). Teste places Filix mas in his Ipecac. group along with Nux vom., Ant. crud., Ant. tart., &c.
Psyche and consciousness
Irritable and cross. - сonfusion, stupor, coma.
Head, face, and ears
Vertigo.
Blindness; first mydriasis and amaurosis with normal fundus; eight days later, atrophy of optic nerve. Immobility of pupil. After violent vomiting and diarrhoea, soporific condition lasting thirty hours; awakening, her left eye was blind, and right eye had lost some of its acuteness of vision. вeing kept in the dark, perception of light by left eye returned after forty-eight hours and recovery took place.
Itching of nose.
Pale face; blue rings round eyes.
Blindness; first mydriasis and amaurosis with normal fundus; eight days later, atrophy of optic nerve. Immobility of pupil. After violent vomiting and diarrhoea, soporific condition lasting thirty hours; awakening, her left eye was blind, and right eye had lost some of its acuteness of vision. вeing kept in the dark, perception of light by left eye returned after forty-eight hours and recovery took place.
Itching of nose.
Pale face; blue rings round eyes.
Gastrointestinal tract
Nausea. Sick after taking food.
Bloating of abdomen. Gnawing and boring in bowels,.
Ineffectual urging to stool. Pappy stools. Violent vomiting and diarrhoea. Worm symptoms, especially with constipation. Worm colic.
Bloating of abdomen. Gnawing and boring in bowels,.
Ineffectual urging to stool. Pappy stools. Violent vomiting and diarrhoea. Worm symptoms, especially with constipation. Worm colic.
Urogenital system
Menstruation stimulated. Menses returned after nearly one week s absence, continued profusely for three weeks. Prolapse of vagina; with pains and tenesmus of bladder and copious frequent emission of urine with internal pains (relieved by сhimaph. Abortion. Sterility.
Common symptoms
Great feeling of weakness, trembling, cramp-like feelings in hands and feet. Somnolent, with spasmodic symptoms, ending in death.
Sleep
Soporific condition.
Fever
Violent rigor, fever, great pain in abdomen with diarrhoea and constant vomiting.
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