English, Blue flag, Flag lily, Liver lily ;
French, Glaieul bleu ;
German, Amerikanischer Schwertlilie.
A perennial, herb with creeping, more or less tuberous, rhizome, with
2 to 4 lateral branches, the under surface beset with fibrous
rootlets. The stem is leafy, 1 to 3 feet high, stout and angular on
one side. The leaves are erect, sword-shaped, or grassy, equitant, 3
to 4 inches wide, 1 to 1 ½ feet long. The violet-blue flowers,
variegated, with greenish, yellowish, or white and purple veins, are
short peduncled, 2 ½ to 3 inches long, 2 to 6 on each plant, and
appear in May and June from a spathe, with 2 or more leaves, or
bracts.
Found in :-
Europe, Northern Africa and northern India, general in
the United States, growing in wet places.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Kitchen, N. A. Jour. Hom. 1. 461. in 1851. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. V. 153 ; X. 552.)
The fresh root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Iris versicolor, 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 2x to contain one part of tincture, three parts distilled water, six parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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