Latin, Camaedaphnefoliis tini, Cistus chamaerhododendros, Ledum floribus bullatis;
English, Big-leaved ivy, Broad-leaved laurel, Calico bush, Ivy, Lambkill, Laurel, Moutain laurel, Spoonwood, Spoonbunch ;
French, Kalmie;
German, Kalmie;
An evergreen shrub, or tree, 4 to 20 feet in height, with a smooth stem,
and irregular, tortuous, terete branches. The scattered leaves
are mostly alternate, petioled, entire, ovate, lanceolate, ternate and tapering to
each end, coriaceous, bright green on both sides. The numerous flowers
are rose-red to pink, varying to white, clammy-pubescent, and appear
from May to July at the ends of the small branches, in umbel-like
corymbs.
Found in :-
Common from Maine to Ohio and Kentucky as shrub 4 to 8 feet high,
found on rocky hills and damp soil ; tree-like, 10 to 20 feet high,
forming dense thickets in the mountains from Pennsylvania southward.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Hering, Trans. Am. Inst. Hom. in 1845, 154. (Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. V. 388.)
The fresh leaves.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Kalmia latifoila, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 200 Cc. | = 300.
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Distilled water | 200 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.
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