Latin, Rosa benedicta ;
English, Double peony ;
French, Pivoine ;
German, Gichtrose ;
Urdu and Arabic, Ood Saleeb.
A tuberous-rooted, ornamnental, perennial herb. The root is oblong,
rounded provided with brown tubercles, disposed like strings of
pearls, of an offensive, stupefying smell. The stem is 2 to3 feet
high, simple, branched and smooth. The leaves are alternate,
petiolate, smooth and green; the lower are bi-ternate, the upper
ternate, the leaflets oval and lobed. The red flowers, appearing in
May and June, are large and terminal.
Found in :-
Various parts of Europe, especially the southern ; growing in woods and groves. It is also found in West temperate Himalayas, (alt, 5000-10,000 ft) from Kamaon to Hazara.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Schelling, Allg. Hom. Zeit. 28, 182. in 1845. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VII. 276.)
The fresh root, dug in the spring ; that dug in August is inert.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Paeonia, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 233 Cc. | = 333.
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Distilled water | 167 Cc.
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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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