Latin, Carpopogon pruriens, Mucuna pruriens, M. prurita, Stitzolobium pruriens ;
English, Cowitch, Kiwach ;
French, Pois velus ;
German, Kratzbohnen.
A large, evergreen, herbaceous vine, with branching stem extending
12 feet, scabrous at first, afterward glabrous. The leaves are
alternate, pinnately trifoliate, on long, scabrous petioles, a foot
apart on the stem, with entire ovate, acute leaflets, glabrous above,
scabrous beneath. The dark-purple flowers appear in threes, on short
peduncles, in axillary, pendulous, racemes. The pod is 3 inches long,
½ inch broad, densely covered with short, sharp quadrangular,
prismatic, reddish hairs, which contain a brown granular matter,
partially filling the space within them. When these hairs penetrate
the skin they cause an unbearable itching, which is much increased by
washing and rubbing.
Found in :-
Throughout the plains of Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, Burma,
West Indies and other parts of tropical America.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Jeanes N. A. Journal of Hom. I. 209. in 1851.
( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 167.)
The setae, which cover the pods ; they consist of short, strong, reddish hairs.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Dolichos, the setae, which cover the pods | 100 gm
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity . |
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x and higher with
dispensing alcohol.
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