A shrub or tree, 15 to 25 feet high, with rough black bark and very brittle branches
at the base. The leaves have small deciduous stipules, are alternate,
narrowly-lanceolate, pointed and tapering at each end, serrate, smooth
(except on the petioles and midrib), green on both sides. The flowers
appear in May and June in peduncled catkins on the summit of the lateral
leafy branches of the season ; scales entire, greenish-yellow, more or
less hairy, falling before the pods are ripe.
Found in :-
United States, frequent along streams, especially southward.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Wright, Am. Hom. Obs. XII. 177. in 1875. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. X. 630.)
The fresh bark.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/100 |
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Salix nigra, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 300 Cc. | = 400
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Distilled water | 200 Cc.
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Strong alcohol | 537 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,
four parts distilled water,
five parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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