Latin, Anemone pratensis, Herba venti, Pulsatilla nigricans, P. pratensis, P. vulgaris;
English, Meadow anemone, Pasque flowers, Wind flowers ;
French, Puslatille ;
German, Kuchenschelle.
A perennial, deciduous herb with a spindle-shaped, thick, ligneous, dark-brown,
oblique, several-headed root. The stem, 3 to 5 inches high, is simple,
erect, rounded. The leaves are radical, petiolate, bi-pinnatifid,
with linear segments ; at the base, surrounded by several ovate,
lanceolate, sheaths. The flowers, varying in color from dark violet
to light blue, appear from March to May, and are bell shaped,
pendulous, terminal, reflexed at the apex, surrounded by a
distinct sessile involucre, composed of 3 palmately divided
and cleft bracts with linear lobes. The plant, clothed with
long, silky hairs, is inodorous, but when rubbed exhales an
acrid vapour, and has a burning, acrid taste.
Found in :-
Open fields, plains, dry places in many parts of Europe, Russia, West Tibet, (above 15000 ft.) Turkey and Asia.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Hahnemann, Frag. d. Vir Med. in 1805. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VIII. 205.)
The fresh plant, when in flowers.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Pulsatilla, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 300 Cc. | = 400.
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Strong alcohol, a sufficient quantity | 730 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,
two parts distilled water,
seven parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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