Latin, Leontice thalictroides, Leontopetalon thalictroides ;
English, Blue cohosh, Blueberry root, Leontice, Pappoose root, Squaw root ;
French , La Leontice ;
German, Loewenblatt.
A deciduous, perennial herb, having a contorted rhizome, with many
knots, showing scars of previous stems. The stem, 1 to 2 ½ feet high,
arises from several scales and terminates in a large, tri-ternately
compound leaf, without any long petiole, the leaflets obovate,
wedge-form. The purplish or yellowish green flowers appear in
April and May, in a loose raceme or panicle.
Found in :-
United States, from Canada to Carolina and Kentucky, low moist grounda,
mountains and shady hills, near running streams or on grounds which have
been overflowed, common westward.
Introduced into homoeopathic literature:-- |
By Dr. E. M. Hale, N. A. J. of Hom. VI. 372. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. III. 34.)
The fresh root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Caulophyllum, moist magma containing solids | 100gm. |
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Plant moisture 233 Cc. | = 333.
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Distilled water | 267 Cc.
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Strong alcohol, | 537 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, four parts distilled water, five parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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