Latin, Pseudacacia odorata, Robinia fragilis ;
English, Black, false or yellow locust, False acacia, Locust ;
French, Robinier ;
German, Falsche Acacien.
A deciduous tree, from 40 to 80 feet high, 1 to 4 feet in diameter,
with erect, straight trunk, dark rough bark and yellow, light, hard,
durable wood. The branches are naked, spinous when young, the spines
taking the place of stipules. The leaves are odd-pinnate, nearly
sessile, obovate or oblong, leaflets smooth, with prickly spines.
The white fragrant flowers appear in May and June in slender, loose,
pendent, axillary racemes.
Found in :-
United States; southern Pennsylvania to Illinois and southward.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Burt, in 1864, Am. Hom. Obs. I. 61. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VIII. 402; X. 608.)
The fresh bark of the young twigs, or of the root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Robinia, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 185 Cc. | = 285.
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Strong alcohol | 840 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x and higher with dispensing alcohol.