Table 4 Campanian ethnopharmacological uses of Adiantum capillus-veneris L., Artemisia absinthium L. and Parietaria judaica L. in the last two centuries.
Botanical name | Uses description | Part used | Preparations | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Adiantum capillus-veneris L. | Against labour pains | Aerial part | Decoction | Cirelli, 1853 [35] |
| Â | Emmenagogue | Aerial part | Infusion | Limoncelli, 1862 [28] |
| Â | Local application on sores | Leaves | External use | Gusumpaur, 1887 [36] |
| Â | Respiratory system affections: emollient, expectorant | Aerial part | Infusion | Antonone et al., 1988 [37] |
| Â | Resolvent for contusions, antiecchymotic | Aerial part | Decoction | De Feo et al., 1992 [38] |
| Â | Antitussive, for sore-throat and loss of speech. Externally against hair loss and dandruff | Aerial part | Infusion | De Feo, Senatore, 1993 [39] |
| Â | Abortive, regulator of menses, anti-cough | Aerial part | Decoction of leaves with some dried figs, an apple, some Prunus cerasus L. fruits, some pieces of Prunus dulcis (Mill.) D.A. Webb epicarpus | De Natale, Pollio, 2007 [40] |
| Â | Expectorant, antitussive, in the treatment of bronchitis, against dandruff and seborrhea | Aerial part | Decoction, infusion and tincture | La Palometa, Grieco, 2003 [41] |
| Â | Antihelmintic | Aerial part | Decoction | De Natale, Pollio, (unpubl.) |
Artemisia absinthium L. | Against malaria, abdominal pains, antihelmintic (external use) | Aerial part | Decotion (internal use), poultice (external use) | Cirelli, 1853 [35] |
| Â | Against malaria | Aerial part | External use: poultice with Allium sp., Ruta sp., Mentha sp. on the wrist | Jamalio, 1918 [42] |
| Â | Abdominal pains | Aerial part | Potion with rue and minth | Â |
| Â | 1. treatment of diabetes and hypercholesterolemia; 2. stimulate liver function, against biliary calculosis and dyspepsia; 3. external use as cicatrizant for wound and sores; 4. to cure mumps | Aerial part | 1. decoction; 2. infusion; 3. topic use (crushed leaves); 4. topic use (maceration in olive oil) | |
| Â | Antihelmintic | Aerial part | Infusion with Ruta sp., Mentha sp., Matricaria chamomilla L. | De Natale, Pollio, (unpubl.) |
Parietaria judaica L. | Treatment of pneumonia (antidolorific, external use) | Aerial part | poultice mixed with Cicuta virosa L. | Cirelli, 1853 [35] |
| Â | Against rhagads (external use) | Aerial part | Poultice | Cavara, 1954 [44] |
| Â | 1. cholagogue and to treat cystitis and in renal and biliary lithiasis; 2. externally to treat sprains and haematomas; 3. fresh plant rubbed on the part to treat nettle rashes and insect bites | Aerial part | 1. infusion; 2. decoction; 3. fresh plant | De Feo et al., 1992 [43] |
| Â | Diuretic, depurative, hemorrhoid lenitive, vermifuge, antitussive, antiecchymotic, resolvent for skin inflammation, sedative in cases of intestinal colic | Aerial part | Infusion, local application, crushed | De Feo et al., 1992 [38] |
| Â | 1. Diuretic digestive refresher, mild laxative; 2. externally, to allay subcutaneous bleeding | Aerial part | 1. Infusion; 2. decoction | De Feo, Senatore, 1993 [39] |
| Â | Diuretic, to cure renal diseases | Aerial part | Decoction | De Natale, Pollio, (unpubl.) |
| Â | Antiinflammatory, resolutive, for urinal tract. Against cystitis, the decoction of the fresh plant has to be drunk regularly (after a break of some weeks the cure should be repeated). | Aerial part | Decoction | Scherrer et al., 2005 [45] |
| Â | Gastrointestinal inflammations and colitis | Aerial part | Local application | Â |