Latin, Quercus marina ;
English, Blank tang, Bladder focus, Common sea wrack, Kelp ware, Sea kelp, Sea ware ;
French, Fucus vesiculeux ;
German, Blasentang.
This sea-weed is 2 to 4 feet long, with a flat, branching thallus, or
leaf, ½ to 1 inch wide, smooth and glossy, with entire margins and a
prominent midrib, extending its entire length. Spherical or oval air
vessels, growing as large as a hazel-nut, are found on either side of the
midrib, generally in pairs. The fruit consists of globular vessels,
filled with a clear, tasteless mucus, arranged in elongated
receptacles at the ends of the branches. The sea-weed is of
brownish-green color, becoming nearly black when dried, having a
peculiar odour, and nauseous, mucilaginous, salty taste.
Found in :-
North Atlantic Pacific oceans, attached to rocks by its expended, woody root.
Introduced into homoeopethic:-- |
By B. J. Hom. XXI. 171. in 1863.
(Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 369.)
The entire sea-weed.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Fucus, 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, three parts distilled water, six parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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