Latin, Chelapa, Convolvulus Jalapa, C. purga, Exogonium purga, Gialappa, Ipomoea Jalapa, I. Purga, I. schiedeana, Mechoacanna nigra ;
English, Jalap, Jalap root ;
French, Jalap;
German, Jalape, Jalapenknollen ;
Persian, Jalapa.
A perennial, deciduous vine, with a tuberous, fleshy, nearly globular
root, becoming fibrous and tapering below. The stem, over 12 feet
long, moderately branched, is warted and smooth, brownish, twisted
and furrowed. The leaves are alternate, thick, petiolate, entire,
cordate, ovate, smooth, pale, and veiny beneath, 4 to 5 inches long.
The numerous, purplish-pink flowers appear from August to September,
on long, wiry, twisted penduncles, in axillary cymes. The dried root is
met with either whole, split in two, or transversely sliced. The
entire root, which is preferable, is irregularly globular, ovate,
or pear-shaped, heavy, compact, brittle, externally brown and
wrinkled, internally grayish, of a rather nauseous odour, and a
sweetish, acrid taste.
Found in :-
Mexico, Florida and the Carolinas and the eastern slope of the Mexican Andes.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Noack and Trinks, Handbuch d. Hom. M,L.I. 861. in 1843. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. V. 181.)
The dried root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Jalapa, in fine powder | 100 gm
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity. |
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
(c) Triturations: 1x and higher.
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