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Fern Gale | | Name : | Fern Gale | | Synonyms : | Fernbush
Ferngale
Meadowfern
Sweetbush
| | Parts Used : | The whole herb, mainly the leaves | | Habitat : | Found on dry hills from Nova Scotia to North Carolina, Georgia mountains;Ohio, Nebraska, Illinois to Minnesota, Manitoba. Grows in infertilesoils near shores, but it is also a common weedy shrub of dry roadsides,gravel banks, and woodland clearings. | | Description : | Sweet fern is a strongly aromatic, fernlike deciduous shrub; itsslender, reddish-brown branches grow up to 5 feet high and bear alternate,short-petioled, linear-oblong leaves that are deeply pinnatifid withlobes that are broader than they are long. The leaves are soft-hairy,lance shaped; 3-6 inches long with prominent rounded teeth. Male flowersgrow in cylindrical catkins, female in egg-shaped catkins that developinto clusters of brown, shining, ovoid, burrlike, nutlets. | | Constituents : | Astringent, tonic | | Uses : | The primary use has been to relieve diarrhea.Also can be used for skin problems. Native Americans soaked the leavesin water to make a was for poisonivy irritation. Also, Native Americans used it as a beverage,as a poison, and to stop bleeding: a strong decoction was used externallyfor rheumatism and bruises.Folk remedy for vomiting of blood, leukorrhea, rheumatism. | | Dosage : | Infusion: steep 1 tsp. plant in 1 cup boiling water.Take 1 to 2 cups per day, a mouthful at a time.
Tincture: a dose is 1/2 to 1 tsp. |
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