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Table 4 Medicinal properties of some pteridophytes

From: Medicinal pteridophytes: ethnopharmacological, phytochemical, and clinical attributes

Name

Part used

Medicinal properties

Adiantum capillusveneris

Entire plant

Treats constipation, common cold, growth of hair follicles, Irregular menstruation, snake bite

Adiantum caudatum

Entire plant

High blood glucose, dermal disorders, common cold

Adiantum incisum

Entire plant

Urinary tract infection, high blood glucose, dermal disorders

Adiantum philippens

Entire plant

Infectious diarrhea, promotes diuresis, growth of hair follicles, cuts and bruises, induces female infertility

Adiantum venustum

Entire plant

Promotes diuresis, insect bites, cuts and bruises, cluster headache

Marsilea minuta

Entire plant

Dermatitis, sleeplessness, sore muscle, tranquilizer

Onychium japonicum

Entire plant

Dermatitis, pyrexia

Diplazium

esculentum

Entire plant, fronds

Pyrexia, Infectious diarrhea, stimulant, promotes bowel movement, fatigue

Pteris cretica

Entire plant, fronds

Cuts and bruises, pyrexia

Selaginella chrysocaulos

Entire plant, Spores

Pyrexia

Asplenium dalhousiae

Fronds

Burns and blisters, dermal disorders, pyrexia

Asplenium

tricomanes

Fronds

Treats constipation, Irregular menstruation, hepatic disorders, treats parasitic infections

Onychium contiguum

Fronds

Urinary tract infections

Pteris vittata

Fronds

Burns and blisters

Hypodematium crenatum

Fronds

Female fertility, insect bite

Athyrium pectinatum

Rhizome

Treats parasitic infections

Cheilanthes bicolor

Rhizome

Pyrexia, stimulant

Woodwardia unigemmata

Rhizome, frond

Infectious diarrhea

Dryopteris cochleata

Rhizome, fronds

Dermatitis, blood cleanser, stimulant, cuts and bruises, infections in GI tract, sore muscle