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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Pteridium aquilinum (Dennstaedtiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Bracken; Chueh; Eagle Fern; Helecho Comun

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Astringent Elsewhere *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Breast US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Carcinogenic US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Cyanogenetic US *
Diarrhea US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diuretic US(Amerindian) Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Fever China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Gastritis Elsewhere *
Hypertension Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Inflammation Elsewhere *
Intestine Elsewhere *
Medicine China *
Mutagenic US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison Elsewhere *
Poison Elsewhere *
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Puberty Canada(Salish) *
Sclerosis(Spleen) Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
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*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.