English, Curled, narrow, sour, or yellow dock, Garden patience ;
French, Patience frisce ;
German, Krauser Ampfer.
A perennial, smooth herb with deep, spindle-shaped, yellow root. The
smooth stem, 3 to 4 feet high, is angular, furrowed somewhat zig zag.
The leaves are lanceolate, petiolate, whorled, acute, wavy-curled, smooth ;
lightish-green in color; the radical leaves long-petioled, truncate,
or scarcely heart-shaped at the base, the cauline acute at both ends,
nearly sessile. The numerous, small, inconspicuous greenish flowers
appear from May to August in long, slender racemes.
Found in :-
Europe, found averywhere in the eastern part of the United States.
One of the most troublesome weeds; very common in cultivated and
waste grounds and axtremely difficult to eradicate.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Joslin, Phil. Journ. Hom. I. 289. in 1852. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VIII. 417.)
The fresh root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Rumex crispus, 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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