Latin, Apium hortensis, A. petroselinum, Carum petroselinum ;
English, Parsley, Garden or rock parsley ;
French, Persil ;
German, Gemeine petersilie.
A perennial, biennial herb with a spindle-shaped, whitish,
fleshy root. The stems, 2 to 4 feet high, are smooth-branched,
glabrous, striated, with long, thin branches. The leaves are
alternate, mostly compound, smooth, pale-green, and shining ;
the radical leaves are bi-ternate, on long, channelled stalks ;
the cauline are linear, pinnate, with smooth, three lobed leaflets,
notched at margin. The small, pale-yellow flowers appear in June and
July in terminal, compound umbels.
Found in :-
Eastern and southern Europe, Pakistan and India, growing on shady rocks.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Bethman, Archive. XVIII. 3, 34. in 1841. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VII. 333.)
The whole fresh plant.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Petroselinum, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 450 Cc. | = 550.
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Strong alcohol | 586 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.