English, Bear’s foot, Setterswort, Stinking hellebore ;
German, Stinkende Uieswurzel.
An evergreen herb, with stem 1 ½ feet high. The leaves are numerous,
some of the lower ones radical, others short petioled, pedate with
ablong, linear segments, forming a large and thick tuft, very smooth ;
color, deep-green. The flowers appear from February to May, are green
globular, from the sepals converging at their extremities, in drooping,
loosely spreading panicles, with numerous bracts.
Found in :-
Southern and parts of central Europe, and England growing in shady places.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Cattell, Brit, Journ. Of Hom. XI. 343. in 1853. (Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 546.)
The fresh root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Helleborus foetidus, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 233 Cc. | = 333
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Strong alcohol | 797 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,
two parts distilled water,
seven parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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