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Filix Mas

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Male Fern · Aspidium Filix Mas · "The Tapeworm Remedy"

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🎯 A primary remedy for the expulsion of intestinal worms, particularly tapeworms, and for certain chronic lymphatic or pulmonary conditions.

📖 Boericke writes:

(ASPIDIUM)

A remedy for worm symptoms, especially with constipation. Tapeworm. Soporific conditions. Torpid inflammations of lymphatic glands (Maceration of fresh root). Pulmonary tuberculosis in young patients, no fever, with limited, ulcerated lesions, formerly classified as scrofula.

👤 Constitution

•Typically young patients with a tendency toward lymphatic issues or those suffering from parasitic infestations.

⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See

Torpid inflammations of lymphatic glands (Maceration of fresh root).

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🩺 Systems & Indications

👁️EYES

Indicated for specific visual disturbances including monocular blindness.

Blindness, monocular amblyopia.

🔑 Modalities

↓Worse from

💊 Dosage & Potency

Historical record, not a prescription. Boericke published this in 1927. It is not medical advice — consult a qualified practitioner before acting on it.

Summarised from the passage below — Boericke’s own wording is the record.

1X to 3X

Decimal

Primary Dosage

1/2 to 1 dram of the Oleoresin

Other

📝For the expulsion of tapeworm, taken fasting.

🌿 Remedy Relationships

🔄 Compare With

Cina Maritima →Granatum →Kousso →Aspidium Alhamanticum

Boericke's Materia Medica

In Boericke’s Repertory

About the repertory →

Filix Mas is listed in 10 rubrics across 3 chapters — italicised by Boericke in 2 of them, marking the remedy as more frequently verified there.

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