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Polipodium, Polypody

Bisfayaj (Unani)
Shui Long Gu, Duo Zu Jue Shu [lit. ‘Multi-Foot fern’=Polypodium] (TCM)

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Kurtzes Handtbuchlein, Ryff, 1599

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New Kreuterbuch, Matthiolus, 1563

Medical Botany, Woodville, Hooker, 1832
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  Official Polypody                                                                  A second species used

Della Materia Medicinale Andrea Valuassori, 1562

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Flora von Deutschland, Kohler, 1886

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Polypody root
(Calcutta Unani College, Adam, 2019)

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Botanical name:
Polypodium vulgare (TCM, West); P. virginianum is also used in TCM.

Parts used:
Root; that growing on the Oak was regarded as best

Temperature & Taste:
Cool, dry. Bitter, sweet

Classifications:
2A APERIENT.     2G. CLEANSING.     2H. CARMINATIVE
3K. EXPECTORANT
4f. SPLENETIC
Preparers and Purgers of Melancholy
TCM:
P. Clear Phlegm

Uses:
1. Purges Melancholy:
-‘a gallant though gentle purger of Melancholy’ (Culpeper)

2. Clears Damp and Heat, Promotes Urine:
-Diarrhea and Dysentery. (TCM, West)

3. Clears Phlegm, Stops Cough:
-Cough and Asthma with tough, hard-to-clear Phlegm.

4. Clears Heat and Poison:
-Boils, Carbuncles, Toxic sores, Urticaria. (TCM)

5. Moves the Blood, Clears Stasis:
-Trauma and Bruising (TCM)
 
6. Strengthens Bones:
-Joint disease, Lumbago; promotes healing of Bones (TCM)
    
7. Kills Worms. (Powdered herb)

8. Externally:
-‘very good for chaps between the fingers’. (Dioscorides)
-applied topically for Nasal Polyps (topically with Honey); or the powder is used as a Snuff (Pliny)
-The root beaten and applied, helps Dislocations.
-bruised with Vinegar and applied to the Spleen and other places to relieve inflammation.
-topically to sores, boils, hives and toxic sores.
-beaten applied topically to Bruises, Inflammations and Swellings (TCM)
-Felon: beat the fresh root with alcohol, mix, and apply. (TCM)
-old TCM recommend the root used topically for Ulcers

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Main Combinations:
1. To purge all Humors:
i. Polypody with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Polypody with  ... available in PRO version
2. Melancholy and Phlegm/Damp:
i. Asthma, Leprosy, Epilepsy, Melancholy, Arthritic, Rheumatic complaints, Polypody with  ... available in PRO version
ii. Polypody with  ... available in PRO version
iii. Fibroid Tumors, Cancer, Polypody with  ... available in PRO version
3. To Purge Melancholy Humor:
i. Polypody with  ... available in PRO version
4. To Purge Phlegm Humor, Polypody with  ... available in PRO version
5. Cleanse the Blood, Polypody with  ... available in PRO version
6. Chronic Skin diseases, Eczema, Psoriasis, Polypody with  ... available in PRO version
7. Arthritis, Rheumatism, Polypody with  ... available in PRO version
8. Spleen obstruction, Jaundice and Edema, Polypody with  ... available in PRO version
9. Hardness of the Spleen, Polypody with  ... available in PRO version

Major Formulas:
Decoction of Dodder of Thyme (Rhasis)
Decoction of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue)
Decoction of Senna
Decoction of Guaiacum and Sarsaparilla
Syrup to Purge all Humors of Frankfurt
Syrup of Fumitory Greater
Syrup of Dodder of Thyme (Mesue)
Syrup of Horehound (Fernelius)
Syrup of Betony (Pharmacopoeia Augustana)
Wine for Scrophula (Renodeus)
Powder of Polypody (Montagnana)
Powder for Epilepsy (Unani)
Powder Against Rabies
Hiera Logadii
Arabian Confect Purging Melancholy (Confectio Hamech) (Mesue)
Catholicum (Diacatholicum) (Nicholas)
Bishops Electuary (Electuarium Elescop) (Mesue)
Electuary of Dodder (Unani)
Electuary of Dodder and Fumitory (Mesue)
Electuary for Head and Stomach Pain (Galen)
Electuary for Melancholy and Fear (Filius Zacharia)
Triphala Electuary of Dodder (Unani)
Indian Pills (Mesue)
Pills for Melancholy (Unani)
Pills of Lapis Lazuli-1 (Mesue)
Greater Polycrest Pills
Pills to Crumble Kidney Stones (Unani)


Cautions:
‘It works very safely’ (Culpeper)
As it is very drying it is not suitable in Yin deficiency.

Main Preparations used:

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