Latin, Podalyria tinctoria, Sophora tinctoria;
English, Horsefly weed , Indigo broom, Indigo weed, indigofera, Rattle bush, Wild indigo, Yellow broom;
French, Indigo sauvage ;
German, Beptisie ;
Urdu, Neel;
Arabic, Nilaj, Nabat-un-Nilaj;
Persion, Darakhat-e-nil.
A perennial plant with short, blackish and woody root, yellowish internally knotted head, 2 to 3
inches broad, irregular broad stem-scares above, sending off many rootlets underneath. The stem
2 to 3 feet high, is round, smooth, glaucous and very much branched. The leaves are small,
alternate, palmately trifoliate, subsessile ; the leaflets are rounded at the extremity, cuneate
at the base and about ¾ inch long. Flowers, June to Agust, are bright yellow and in small, loose,
terminal racemes. Legume short, inflated, bluish-black, oval-globose, on a long stalk.
Found in :-
Dry places in many parts of the United States, as far south as Florida and west to the
Mississippi, occasionally in damp places. It is cultivated extensively in Paakistan and India.
Introduced into homoeopathic:-- |
Practice by Dr. W. L. Thompson, N. A. J. Hom. V. 547. in 1857.
(Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. II. 31 ; X. 372.)
The bark of the fresh root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Baptisia, 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 one part of tincture, two parts
distilled water, seven parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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