Editing Lycopodium (section)

==Uses==
The spores of ''Lycopodium'' species are harvested and are sold as [[lycopodium powder]].

''Lycopodium '' sp. herb has been used in the traditional Austrian medicine internally as tea or externally as compresses for treatment of disorders of the locomotor system, skin, liver and bile, kidneys and urinary tract, infections, rheumatism, and gout,<ref>{{Cite journal
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}}</ref> though claims of efficacy are unproven. It has also been used in some United States government chemical warfare test programs such as [[Operation Dew]].<ref name=nrc>[[U.S. National Research Council]], Subcommittee on Zinc Cadmium Sulfide. [https://books.google.com/books?id=0YdRGhvBfRoC&pg=RA1-PA64&dq=%22Operation+Dew%22#PRA1-PA64,M1 ''Toxicologic Assessment of the Army's Zinc Cadmium Sulfide Dispersion''], National Academies Press, 1997, pp. 44–77, {{ISBN|0309057833}}.</ref> ''Lycopodium'' powder was also used to determine the molecular size of [[oleic acid]].{{citation needed|date=June 2014}}