Latin, Punica granatum ;
English, Pomegranate ;
French, Grenadier ;
German, Granatum-Baum ;
Urdu, Anar.
A perennial, deciduous shrub, or low tree, having slender stem 18
feet high, with branches its entire length, with spiny ends. The
bark is light brownish-gray, furrowed longitudinally ; shoots and
buds, red. The leaves are 1 to 2 inches long, usually opposite,
sometimes alternate, lanceolate, pointed, entire, shining. The
flowers are large, scarlet, appearing from June to September,
solitary, or in clusters of two or three, axillary in the upper
leaves., The fruits is the size of an orange, depressed globose,
with numerous seeds, each in a fleshy, pink-colored, translucent
coating.
Found in :-
Asia, it is found wild in the Himalayas and Afghanistan at altitudes of
3000 to 6000 feet, cultivated in many parts of India, Persia and many
other warmer places of the world.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Mueller, Hygea, X. 137. in 1839.
(Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 460.)
The dried bark of the root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Granatum, in moderately coarse powder | 100 gm
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Distilled water, a sufficient quantity in this proportion. | 500 gm
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity in this proportion. | 537 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.
(c) Triturations: 1x and higher.
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