Latin, Esere, Faba calabrica, F. physostigmatis ;
English, Calabar bean, Chopnut, Ordeal bean ;
French, Feve de calabar ;
German, Kalabarbohne.
A perennial, twining climber. The stem is woody, reaching 50 feet in
length, with a diameter of 2 inches at the base, cylindrical, smooth
and slender. The leaves are large, alternate, pinnately-trifoliate,
stiff, petiolate, thickened at the base, leaflets stalked. The
purplish, bean-like flowers appear in axillary, pendulous racemes.
The fruit is an oblong legume, about 7 inches long, containing 2 or
3 seeds. These, somewhat reniform in shape, straight or concave on
one side, convex on the other, are 1 to 11/4 inches long, ¾ inch
broad. A broad, black furrow with raised edges extends along the
convex side. They are hard, brittle, rough, shining, of a dark-brown
color, without odour or marked taste, They impart their virtue
entirely to alcohol, imperfectly to water.
Found in :-
Southern part of Africa ; introduced into Brazil and India.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Reute, Allg. Hom. Zeit. 68, m’ blatt 19 ; Trans. Am. Inst. Hom. 1874, 173. in 1864. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VII. 466.)
The bean.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Physostigma, in fine 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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