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Asplenium, Ceterach

Spleenwort
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New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563

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Left: Scolopendrum; 
Above: Scolopendrum verum, Arabian Ceterach
Krauterbuch, Lonitzer, 1578

Botanical name:
Asplenium ceterach (syn. Ceterach offcinarum, Hemidictyum ceterach)

Parts used:
Herb

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry

Uses:
1. Clears Damp, Promotes Urine:

-urinary diseases; Edema
-Jaundice

2. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:
-Cough, Asthma

3. Opens Obstructions, Clears Melancholy:
-Spleen disease; swelling or hardness of the Spleen
-cleanses the Blood
-Fibroid Tumors and Cancer


Dose:
Powder: 1–3 grams

Substitutes:
1. Scolopendrum (Hart's Tongue) was commonly used by the Apothecaries for Ceterach according to Wirtzung.
2. Cynoglossum (Hound's Tongue) is also used

Main Combinations:
1. Cleanse the Blood, Ceterach with Fumitory, Thyme, Chicory, Agrimony, Polypody
2. Obstruction of the Spleen, Ceterach with Tumeric, Rhubarb, Agrimony, Tamarisk, taken with the Syrup of 5 Opening Roots.
3. Cancer, Ceterach with Figwort root, Herb Robert, Agrimony, Tormentil, Scabious (Fuller)

Major Formulas:
Syrup to Purge all Humors of Frankfurt
Syrup of Chicory and Rhubarb (Nicholas)
Decoction for Cancer (Fuller)
Decoction to Open the Body (Riverius)


Cautions:
Not suitable in Yin deficiency

Main Preparations used:

1. Infusion of Ceterach:
i. Ceterach leaf (1 oz.), Boiling Water (1 pound). Dose: 2 oz.

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