Latin, Absinthium vulgare, A. majus, A. rusticans, Artemisia absinthium;
English, Absinth, Wormwood ;
French, Absinthe, Armoise amere ;
German, Wermuth;
Arabic, Wilayati Afsanteen;
Persian, Wilayati Afsanteen.
A deciduous, perennial, herbaceous plant, 3 to 4 feet high, with several roundish, furrowed stems ; lower leaves 6 to 8 inches, upper 1 to 3 inches long, both petiolate and sessile, pinnatifid. Yellow, hemispherical flowers, in paniculated racemes, appear in July and August.
Found in :-Greece, indigenous to Northern Africa, North of Asia, the greater part of Europe, naturalized in the United States ; found mostly in mountainous regions, by roadsides,
in sunny places. Kashmir, Nepal and mountainous Districts of Pakistan (Kurram Agancy, Baluchistan) and India.
Introduced in homoeopathic |
Materia Medica by Dr. Gatchell.
The Whole fresh plant, gathered when in flower.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Absinthium, moist magma containing solids | 100gm. |
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Plant moisture 233 Cc. | = 333 |
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Distilled water, | 100 Cc. |
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Strong alcohol | 700 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x to contain a one part tincture, two parts distilled water, seven parts alcohol ; 3x and higher , with dispensing alcohol.
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