Latin, Rhus carolinense, R. elegans, R. Virginicum;
English, Common, smooth, Pennsylvania and upland sumach ;
French, Sumac;
German, Sumach.
A deciduous shrub with stem 2 to 12 feet high, more or less bent,
divided into straggling branches, covered with smooth light-gray or
somewhat reddish bark, with small scattered warts. The leaves are
alternate, odd-pinnate, 11 to 31 leaflets, petioles crimson, leaflets
lanceolate, acuminate, serrate, glabrous, green on their upper surface,
downy beneath ; in autumn their color changing to a beautiful red. The
greenish-white polygamous flowers appear in June and July in a
terminal thyrsoid panicle.
Found in :-
North America on rocky or barren soils.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Marshall, in 1866. Halle's New Rem. 2nd ed. 872. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VIII. 329.)
The fresh bark and leaves.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Rhus glabra, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 200 Cc. | = 300.
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Distilled water | 200 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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