Latin, Drosera capillaris, Rorella rotundifolia, Rossolis ;
English, Moor-grass, Red-root, Round-leaved sun-dew, Sun-dew, Youth wort ;
French, Roasee du soleil ;
German, Sonnenthau.
A low, perennial, almost stemless, aquatic herb, with thin, short,
fibrous root. The leaves are radicle, clustered, orbicular,
circinate, abrouptly narrowed into the spreading, hairy petioles,
pale-green on the lower surface, covered on the upper with long,
red, viscid hairs, each bearing a small gland at the top, which
exposed to the sun exudes a clear, shining juice, whence the name.
These hairs are irritable, so that when an insect lights upon the
leaf they bend down and hold it prisoner. The flowers, opening only
in sunshine, appear in July and August, on a naked scape 2 to 6
inches high, in a one-sided raceme which nods at the top, so that
the opening flower appear terminal.
Found in :-
Northern and Central Europe, United States from Floeida northward, found in sandy swamps.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Hahnemann in 1805, Frag. De Vir. Med. Pos. 128, ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 170.)
The entire fresh plant.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Drosera, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 400 Cc. | = 500
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Strong alcohol | 635 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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