Latin, Myristica aromatica, M. fragrans, M. moschata, M. officinalis, Nuces aromaticae, N. nucistae, Nuclei myirsticae, Nux myristica, Semen myristica ;
English, Nutmeg ;
French, Le muscadier ;
German, Muskatnuss;
Urdu, Jaiphal.
A cultivated, evergreen tree, 30 to 60 feet high, with numerous
spreading branches, and covered with grayish-brown smooth bark. The
leaves are alternate, shortly-petioled, simple, oblong, acuminate,
smooth, dark-green paler beneath, and aromatic. The greenish-white
flowers, 2 to 6 in number, appear in small axillary racemes. The
fruit resembles a peach, is solitary and smooth, with a longitudinal
groove on one side, and bursts in two pieces exposing the false
arillus, known as mace. The seed itself has a thick, hard, outer
shell, ; its removal when dried exposes the nuclei of the seed, the
nutmeg of commerce.
Found in :-
East Indies, West Indies, Malaya, Samatra and South America.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Helbig, Heraklides, I. in 1833. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VII. 61.)
The dried seed, coarsely powdered.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Nux moschata, in coarse 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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