Fern leaf was used as medieval cure for DANDRUFF, analysis of a 9th Century man's teeth has revealed
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New evidence suggests that the fern leaf tea was used to treat ailments such as dandruff, alopecia and kidney stones during medieval times.
Archaeologists uncovered the body of a male dating back to the ninth or tenth century where traces of cells from the leaves were found in the plaque of his teeth.
Written descriptions which date as far back as the first century say the plant was used to alleviate the symptoms of non-life-threatening diseases, but this is the first time any physical evidence has been found.
Historical records show that people would have made fern tea by infusing water with fresh or dried leaves, sometimes using orange skins as a flavouring.
There is no evidence to show that the fern was eaten as part of a general diet.
The skeleton of the man aged between 21 and 30 was found buried in the necropolis of Can Reiners on the Spanish Balearic Islands.
There is no way of knowing what the man was using the treatment for.
Herbal texts show that the plants were exclusively used to cure particular diseases, most commonly what we would now recognise as dandruff, a common cold, kidney stones, and alopecia.
There is also reference to the plant being used to stimulate menstrual flow in women.
Archaeologists say that the remains show how much information can be derived from dental analysis.
There is no way of knowing what the man was using the treatment for.
Herbal texts show that the plants were exclusively used to cure particular diseases, most commonly what we would now recognise as dandruff, a common cold, kidney stones, and alopecia.
There is also reference to the plant being used to stimulate menstrual flow in women.
Archaeologists say that the remains show how much information can be derived from dental analysis.
Scientists have been taking a closer look into medieval medicine.
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Chemist Tu Youyou won a Nobel Prize in 2011 after creating an anti-malaria treatment by using sweet wormwood, which had been used to treat malaria in China in the fourth century.
When her team started their search for an anti-malarial drug, over 240,000 compounds around the world had been tested, without any success, finally resorting to the ancient text.
About Maidenhair Fern
Maidenhair Fern has been well documented as a very important herb, with an array of medicinal benefits.
Consider this review study..
Medicinal Properties of Adiantum capillus-veneris Linn. in Traditional Medicine and Modern Phytotherapy: A Review Article
Results:
Maidenhair fern exhibited to possess anti-diabetic, anticonvulsant, analgesic, hypocholesterolemic, goitrogenic, anti-thyroidal, antibacterial, antifungal, wound healing, antiobesity, anti hair loss, anti-asthmatic, anti-inflammatory, antidiarrheal and antispasmodic, antioxidant as well as diuretic, anti-urolithiatic and detoxifying effects in modern medicine. Ancient physicians declared some of the confirmed pharmacological effects.
