Latin, Companula sylvestris, Digitalis speciosa, D. tomentosa ;
English, Fairy fingers, Fairy’s gloves, Fox glove, Purple fox glove, Purple glove ;
French, Gant de Notre Dame;
German, Fingerhut, Schwulstkraut;
Urdu, Kaf-us-salab, Dastan-i-Robah, Panja-i-Robah.
A biennial, deciduous plant, with root of numerous, long and slender fibers.
The stem is solitary or several, straight, wand-like, leafy, roundish,
with slight angles, pubescent, reddish in color, 3 to 7 feet high.
The leaves are alternate, ovate, or oblong-crenate, rough, pubescent,
dull-green above, whitish underneath; the radical leaves, the largest,
often 1 foot long. The numerous flowers, sometimes 60, appearing from
Jun to August, in a terminal, erect, simple, unilateral raceme, are
pendulous, nearly bell-shaped, 1 inch long, purple, sometimes white,
marked inside with blood-colored spots and hairs.
Found in :-
Southern and Central Europe, England, Norway, Madeira, Azores, sandy soil,
pastures and by roadsides. The plant is cultivated in Kashmir and Darjeeling
and Nilgiri hills in India.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Hahnemann in 1805. Frag. de. Vir, Med. Positiv. 123. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 92 ; X. 505. 655.)
The leaves of the second year’s growth, gathered before flowering.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Digitalis, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 567 Cc. | = 667
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Strong alcohol | 468 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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