Latin, Gaultheria humilis, Gautiera procumbens, G. repens;
English, Boxberry, Checkerberry, Creeping wintergreen, Ground holly, Jersey tea, Mountain tea, Partidge berry, Spice berry, Spice berry, Wintergreen;
French, The du Ganada ;
German, Canadischer Thee.
An evergreen, trailing vine, with a slender, procumbent stem,
giving off root fibers and erect branches 3 to 5 inches high,
leafy at summit. The leaves are alternate, shortly-petiolate,
oblong-obovate, tapering at base, acute, serrate, smooth, shining,
thick, 1 to 1 ½ inches long. The flowers appear in July, are pale-pink
or crimson, in waxy looking, few in number axillary and fendulous.
Found in :-
Newfoundland to Lake Superior, the Atlantic States along the
Alleghanies to upper Georgia; growing in cool, damp woods in the
shade of evergreen.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 384.)
The fresh herb.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Gaultheria, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 185 Cc. | = 285.
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Strong alcohol | 815 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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