Latin, Aspidium (Gen., Aspidii)

Eng., Aspidium. Synonym, Male Fern. The rhizome and stipes of Dryopterus felix-mas or of Dryopterus marginalis.

Average Dose

60 Grains (4 Gm.).

Official Preparation.

Oleoresina Aspidii

Eng., Oleoresin of Aspidium. Average Dose.-30 grains (2 Gm.).

Therapeutic Action

Tseniafuge and anthelmintic.

Uses

It is used almost exclusively for the removal of tapeworms.

Administration

If used at all it should be employed with extreme caution, and castor oil or other fixed oils avoided.

In the treatment for tapeworm:

M.

Sig

No. 1.

For doctor's use.

M.

Sig

No. 2.

Take an hour after No. 1.

No. 1 is administered on an empty stomach. No. 2 is given an hour later, and is followed in an hour with purgative if necessary. Patient should be under a physician's observation during the treatment and, preferably, in a hospital.