English, Field or common sorrel.
A perennial herb having a long, tapering, somewhat woody root.
The stem is 1 to 2 feet high, erect, simple, leafy, striated.
The radical leaves are petiolate, somewhat ovate-lanceolate,
arrow-shaped, with two lateral teeth, the cauline sessile, more
oblong, narrower and entire. The small, reddish dioecious flowers
appear in the spring in terminal, erect, compound, whorled naked
panicles; the staminate are green with a reddish tinge, the pistillate
redder.
Found in :-
Great Britain; Grows abundant in waste places, sterile and worn fields.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VIII. 415.)
The fresh leaves.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Rumex acetosa, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 233 Cc. | = 333.
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Distilled water | 167 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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