English, Black parsley, Large spotted spurge, Milk parsley ;
German, Johanneskraut, Blattrige wolfsmilch.
A annual herb, with a stem from 8 inches to 2 feet high, erect,
divergently branched, glabrous, or diffusely villous. The leaves
are opposite, oblique, slightly cordate, ovate-oblong, sometimes
falcate, serrate, ½ to 1 ½ inches long, often with red spots, or
red margins. The numerous flowers appear in summer and autumn, with
peduncles longer than petioles, in loose, leafy, terminal cymes. The
involucral appendages are entire, large and white, or small and red.
Found in :-
North America ; very common ; found in open places in cultivated soil.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 245.)
The whole fresh plant.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Euphorbia hyper, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 300 Cc. | = 400.
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Strong alcohol | 730 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, two parts distilled water, seven parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.