Latin, Anemone hepatica Americana, H. nobilis;
English, Early anemone, Kidney liver-leaf, Liver leaf, Liver wort, Round-lobed hepatica, Trefoil;
French, Herbe de hepatique;
German, Edelleberkraut.
An evergreen, stemless herb with a fibrous root. The leaves are
radical, on long, slender petioles, with three ovate, obtuse or
rounded lobes, sub-coriaceous, light-green and hairy when young,
dark olive-green and purplish beneath when old. The flowers, blue,
purplish, or nearly white, appear from March to May, are solitary,
terminal, on long, hairy scapes, circinate, then erect, with
three-leaved involucre.
Found in :-
The United States, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, east and northeast to
the Atlantic; growing in rich, open woods.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Kimball, N.A. Jour. Hom. VI. 526 in 1858.
(Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 588.)
The whole fresh plant.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Hepatica, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 350 Cc. | = 450
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Strong alcohol | 683 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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