Latin, Geranium pusillum ;
English, Alum root, Cranesbill, Crow-foot, Geranium, Spotted cranesbill, Spotted geranium, Storksbill, Tormentilla, Wild cranesbill ;
French, Pied-de-cornielle ;
German, Flechstorchschnabel-Wurzel.
A deciduous, perennial herb, with a thick, cylindrical, branched,
pale-brown rhizome, giving of filiform rootlets. The stem is erect,
about 1 to 2 feet high, cylindrical, dichotomous, green and hairy.
The leaves are opposite, five-parted, with wedge-shaped lobes, cut
at the ends ; the root leaves are large, on long, hairy petioles ;
the stem leaves on short petioles, bright-green hairy or smooth
above, pale and covered with erect hairs beneath. The old leaves
have whitish-green spots, whence the name. The flowers are purple,
and appear from April to June in small, terminal, cymose umbels.
Found in :-
North America, extending from Canada through the United States;
growing in open wood and fields.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Beckwith, O. Med. And Surg. Rep. IV. 127. in 1870.
(Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 407 ; X. 534).
The fresh root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Geranium, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 200 Cc. | = 300.
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Distilled water | 200 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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