Latin, Trifolium officinale;
English, King’s or sweet clover, Melilot, Sweet, White or yellow melilot ;
French, Melilot ;
German, Steinklee, Melilotenklee.
A annual herb 2 to 4 feet high, erect, with spreading branches. The leaves are tripinnate, with
lanceolate, oblong, obtuse, remotely-serrate leaflets. The yellow flowers appear from July to
September, with short pedicels, in axillary racemes. The whole plant is very fragrant when
drying.
Found in :-
Southern and Central Europe; in the United States, common in
waste or cultivated grounds, India (in Ladak and Nubra).
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Bowen, U.S. Med. and Surg. Jour. V. 317, in 1870. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VI. 176 ; X. 577.)
The fresh flowering tops.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Melilotus Off, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 300 Cc. | = 400
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Distilled water | 200 Cc.
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Strong alcohol | 537 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,
four parts distilled water,
five parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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