Latin, Eupatorium connatum, E. salviaefolium, E. virginicum ;
English, Ague weed, Boneset, Crosswort, Feverwort, Indian sage, Joepye, Sweating plant, Teasel, Thorough root, Thorough wax, Thorough-wort, Vegetable antimony ;
French, Herbe d’eupatoire perfoliee ;
German, Durchwachsdost.
A deciduous, perennial herb, with a horizontal root. The stem, 2 to
4 feet high, is stout, erect, villous, round and branching at the top.
The leaves are opposite, lanceolate, prominently ribbed, rougose,
united at the base around the stem (connate-perfoliate), serrate,
shining-green above, pubescent beneath, 5 to 8 inches long, 1 to 2
inches wide at the base. The purplish-white flowers, appearing from
August to October, are in 30 to 40 flowered heads, stalked rather
small in dense, opposite branched, axillary and terminal cymes.
Found in :-
Native of America ; fond in low grounds from Nova Scotia and Dakota
to Florida and Louisiana.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Williamson in 1845 ; Trans. Am. Inst. Hom. 1845, 135.
( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 234 ; X. 520.)
The fresh leaves and tops, while in flower.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Eupatorium Perf, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 300 Cc. | = 400.
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Distilled water | 200 Cc
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity in this proportion |
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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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