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|nameL=Lycopodium clavatum (and other species)
|family=Lycopodiaceae
|nameE=Club Moss&&Wolf's claw&&Vegetable Sulphur&&Creeping Jennie
|habitat=Europe (especially Russia)&&Finland&&Asia&&North America&&China&&Japan&&all over the world&&
|partUsed=Herba Lycopodii = Herba Musci clavati&&Semen Lycopodii = Sulphur vegetabile (the spores)
|constituent=herb: lycopodin, fatty oil, acids, gum, resin; seed (the spores): fixed oil (containing alumina and phosphoric acid), cane sugar, methylamine, sporonin, acids, gum, resin, 
|action=herb: laxative, diuretic, carminative, emmenagogue; seed (the spores of the fresh plant): antispasmodic, diuretic, The spores must be triturated before its properties are released. As a dusting powder for skin diseases and skin eruptions the seeds are most helpful. The seeds are also used to make artificial lightning in theatres and firework
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