Lycopodium Powder

MSDS Name: Lycopodium Powder Synonyms: Club moss spores, Lycopodium seeds (spores), vegetable sulfur Commercially gathered in the summer months in CHINA the fine, yellowish powder spores are retrieved by shaking the renal-shaped capsules borne on the small evergreens. Clubmoss spores are considered to have medicinal properties and for years were used in dusting powders formulated to treat conditions such as eczema, intertrigo, herpes, and ulcers. In times past, pharmacist would place the water repellent powdered spores into pillboxes to keep the contents from adhering to each other.