Latin, Hamamelis androgyna, H. corylifolia, H. dioica. H. macrophylla, Trilopus dentata, T. nigra. T. rotundifolia, T. virginiana ;
English, Magician’s rod, Pistachio nut, Striped alder, Snapping hazel-nut, Spotted alder, Winter bloom, Witch hazel ;
French, Hamamelis ;
German, Hamamelis, Zauberhasel.
A deciduous shrub, 5 to 15 feet high, and 4 inches in diameter at the
base, with numerous, long, flexuous, forking branches, with smooth,
brown bark, becoming grayish and fissured with age. The leaves, 3 to
6 inches long, are obovate or oval, straight-veined, wavy-dentate,
somewhat downy when young, becoming smooth with age. The Flowers are
yellow appearing in September and October in small axillary heads,
usually surrounded by a scale-like, three leaved involucres.
Found in :-
Damp woods in the United States and Canada.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Preston, Phil. Journ. Of Hom. I. 460, in 1851. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 528.)
The fresh bark including bark of root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Hamamelis, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 150 Cc. | 250
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Distilled water | 250 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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