Latin, Chimaphilla corymbosa, Pyrola corymbosa, P. umbellata ;
English, American wintergreen, Ground holly, Ground leaf, King’s cure, Noble pine, Pipsissewa, Prince’s pine, Pheumatism wood, Round-leaved consumption cure, Shine leaf, White leaf ;
French, Pyrole ombellee ;
German, Dodenformiges Wintergrun.
A perennial, evergreen shrub, with a long creeping, yellowish root. The stem is 4 to 10 inches, generally simple.
The leaves 1 to 2 inches long, are at the top of the stem in irregular whorles; are shortly petiolate, lanceolate, acute,
serrate, shiny green. The fragrant white or purplish waxy flower appear in Jun and July in terminal pedunculated umbels.
Found in :-
High, dry woods from Canada to Georgia and west to the pacific ; North America, northern Asia, northern and central Europe.
Introduced into homoeopathic pactice:-- |
By Dr. S. A. Jones, who mentioned it in 1875, Am . Hom. Obs. XII. 300.
( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. III. 181; X. 458.)
Part Used:-- |
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Vitiligo Cure
