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Botanical name: Polypodium vulgare

Polypodium vulgare

Healing power:
- for building muscles. Common polypody contains ecdysteroids (natural anabolic steroids)
- expectorant in case of colds
- at liver and gall bladder trouble

How to use:
the rhizome

Description of the plant:
Common polypody is perennial and can withstand frost. The plant loves shady locations, preferred in forests, on moss-covered tree stumps and tree roots.
Common polypody even grows in normal not to dry gardens. It reaches a height up to 30 cm.

Ingredients:
Ecdysteroids