Latin, Warneria Canadensis;
English, Eye balm, Golden seal, Ground raspberry, Indian dye, Indian paint, Indian tumeric, Ohio curcuma, Orange root, Tumeric root, Yellow eye root, Yellow paint, Yellow puccoon, Yellow root, Yellow seal;
French, Sceau d’or;
German, Canadische Gelbwurzel;
Arabic, Asalul-Asfar;
Persian, Baikh Zard Muhar Tila.
A perennial, deciduous herb, having a thick, knotted horizontal,
bright-yellow rhizome, with slender roots beneath. The simple,
erect stem, 6 to 12 inches high, is sub-cylindrical, with
downward-pointed hairs. There are two alternate leaves near
the top, the lower petiolate, the upper sessile; sometimes
there is a petiolate, radical leaf; they are veiny,
orbicular-cordate at base, five to seven-lobed, doubly-serrate, and
4 to 9 inches wide at the summit. A single, small, terminal erect,
grayish-white, apetalous flower appears in April and May.
Found in :-
Canada and the United States, east of the Mississippi ; growing in rich woodland and mountainous districts.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
In 1866 by provings published in Am. Hom. Obs. III. 516. (Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. IV. 613.)
The fresh root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Hydrastis, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 233 Cc. | = 333
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Distilled water | 167 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.
(c) Triturations: 1x and higher (from dried root).
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