English, Checker berry, Deer berry, One berry, Partridge berry, Squaw vine, Winter clover.
A smooth, trailing, perennial herb with cylindrical, branched,
horizontal root. The stem, 6 to 14 inches long, is glabrous,
widely branching and rooting at each axilla. The leaves are ½
inch long, opposite, petioled, round-ovate, entire, dark, shining,
green often variegated with whitish lines, with minute stipules.
The fragrant, white, sometimes pinkish, flowers appear in June and
July in terminal pairs. The berry-like, scarlet-red fruit has an
agreeable taste, and consists of two united ovaries containing
several stony seeds.
Found in :-
North America from Canada to southern extremity of the United
States ; found also in Mexico and Japan. Common in dry woods,
creeping about the roots of trees.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Duncan U. S. Med. and Surg. Jour. I. 252. in 1866. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VI. 373.)
The whole fresh plant.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Mitchella, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 200 Cc. | = 300
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Strong alcohol | 824 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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