Latin, Lycopus macrophyllus, L. pumilus, L. uniflorus;
English, American archangel, Bitter bugle, Bugle weed, Gipsey weed, Gipsey wort, Paul’s betony, Red archangel, Sweet bugle, Water bugle, Water horehound, Virginia horehound ;
French, Lycope de Virginie ;
German, Virginischer.
A perennial, deciduous herb with a creeping root. The stem from 6
to 18 inches high, obtusely four-angled, with long, slender runners
from the base, is smooth, often purplish. The leaves are 3 inches
long, opposite, entire toward the base and short petioled, ovate-lanceolate,
the lower pinnatifid, the upper remotely-serrate, somewhat rough,
purplish, and beset with granular dots on the under surface. The
small white flowers appear from June to September, in axillary
sessile, small capitate clusters. The whole plant has a mint-like
odour and aromatic taste.
Found in :-
North America and temperate regions of Europe, Asia and Australia
northward ; common in shady, moist places.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By N.A.J. of Hom, IV. 114. in 1855. (Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VI. 69.)
The whole fresh plant.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Lycopus, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 400 Cc. | = 500
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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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