Latin, Laudanum, Meconium, Opium crudum, O. thebaicum, Papava hortense, P. Officinale, P. satigerum, P. somniferum, P. sylvestre, Succus thebaicum ;
English, Poppy ;
French, Opium ;
German, Opium ;
Urdu, Afeem, Afyoon.
The product of several species of the poppy, principally Papava smoniferum,
an annual herb from 4 to 6 feet high, with white, fibrous, tapering root.
The stem is erect, round, branched, smooth, glaucous. The large
leaves are alternate, clasping, cut-lobed, dentate. The solitary
white flowers appear in June in Europe and in February in Pakistan
and India. On axillary peduncles. The capsule is smooth, glaucous,
globular, 2 to 4 inches in diameter, flattened top and bottom,
containing numerous seeds, which are destitute of narcotic properties
and even used as an aliment. All parts of the plant contain a white
juice, most abundant in the capsules, from which it is obtained before
they are ripe and evaporated to different degrees of consistency. The
best opium is that which comes from the Turkish provinces. It is
found in masses of various sizes, of compressed, globular form, with
remnants of leaves, hard and shining externally, soft and tenacious
within, becoming brittle on exposure, to the air. It has a peculiar,
heavy, narcotics, disagreeable smell, and bitter, nauseous, warm
taste; is of a dark-brown color, yellow when reduced to powder,
readily inflammable, and yieds its virtue to water and alcohol.
Found in :-
Europe, Pakistan and India.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Hahnemann, in 1805. Frag. de Vir. Med. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VII. 173.)
The inspissated juice, constituting the opium of commerce.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Opium, in coarse powder | 100 gm
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Distilled water, a sufficient quantity in this proportion | 500 Cc.
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity in this proportion | 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.
(b) Triturations: 1x and higher.
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