Latin, Anonymos sempervirens, Bignonia semervirens, Gelsemium luteumodoratum, G. lucidum, G. nitidum, Jasminum luteum odoratum, Lisianthus sempervirens ;
English, Bignonia, Carolina jassamine, Field Jessamine, Wild Jessamine, Woodbine, Yellow jessamine ;
French, Jasmin sauvage ;
German, Gift Jasmin;
Urdu, Chambaili Zard ;
Arabic, Asalul Yasmeen.
An evergreen, climbing shrub, with a woody, much branched root,
attaining a diameter of 2 inches, and having a cinnamon –brown
colored bark and light-yellow wood, with a pleasant bitter taste.
The stem is smooth, branching, grows to great length, at first is
light slate colored, and later, purplish. The leaves are opposite,
persistent, short petioled, lanceolate, acute at both ends, entire,
dark, bright-green above, pale beneath. The flowers are large, 1 to
1 ˝ inches long, sweet-scented, funnel-shaped, appearing in March
and April, in small, axillary clusters.
Found in :-
Rich moist grounds along the seacoast from eastern Virginia and southward into Mexico. Also grown in Pakistan and India.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Metcalfe in 1853. N. A. J. of Hom. III. 99.
( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 385 ; X. 529.)
The fresh root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Gelsemium, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 233 Cc. | = 333.
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Distilled water | 167 Cc. Cc.
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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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