What is lycopodium?

Question

i read in a health and wellness book that it aids in weight loss and metabolism, not to mention numerous other health aids.

Answer 1

I think ur referring to a homeopathic medicine lycopodium (strength not mentioned 30/200 etc.).only thing I can assure u is that, in most classic books of homeopathy there is no mention that lyco should be used for reducing weight . The homoeopathy is unique science in treating most of maladies,but the've different guidelines , parameters to treat. If u want to loose ur wt. by homeopathy best to visit a homeo, he can only decide which drug is best 4,u and whether ur the lyco patient ? Taking drugs like this may be harmfull to anyone may be homeopathy. Thanks& regards.

Answer 2

Lycopodium is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines, in the family Lycopodiaceae, a family of fern-allies (see Pteridophyta). They are flowerless, vascular, terrestrial or epiphytic plants, with widely-branched, erect, prostrate or creeping stems, with small, simple, needle-like or scale-like leaves that cover the stem and branches thickly. The fertile leaves are arranged in cone-like strobilli. Specialized leaves (sporophylls) bear reniform spore-cases (sporangia) in the axils, which contain spores of one kind only. These club-shaped capsules give the genus its name.
The term Lycopodium is also used to describe the yellowish, powdery spores of certain club mosses, especially Lycopodium clavatum, used in the past in fireworks, fingerprint powders, and explosives and as a covering for pills.

Answer 3

Lycopodium is a genus of clubmosses, also known as ground pines, in the family Lycopodiaceae, a family of fern-allies (see Pteridophyta). They are flowerless, vascular, terrestrial or epiphytic plants, with widely-branched, erect, prostrate or creeping stems, with small, simple, needle-like or scale-like leaves that cover the stem and branches thickly. The fertile leaves are arranged in cone-like strobilli. Specialized leaves (sporophylls) bear reniform spore-cases (sporangia) in the axils, which contain spores of one kind only. These club-shaped capsules give the genus its name.
The term Lycopodium is also used to describe the yellowish, powdery spores of certain club mosses, especially Lycopodium clavatum, used in the past in fireworks, fingerprint powders, and explosives and as a covering for pills.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycopodium