Latin, Sanguinaria acaulis, S. grandiflora, S. minor, S. vernalis;
English, Blood root, Indian paint, Pauson, Puccoon, Red puccoon, Red root, Tetterwort, Turmeric ;
French, Sanguinaire de Canada ;
German, Blutwurzel;
Urdu, Haldee.
A perennial, accaulescent herb, with a red cylindrical, prostrate rhizome, 2 to 4 incehs
long, ¼ to ¾ inch thick, slightly-branched, with fibrous roots beneath, and having an
aboundent, red-orange, acrid juice. The leaves arising from each bud of the rhizome,
are five to nine palmately-lobed on long red –orange colored petioles, glabrous,
pale-green above, bluish-white beneath, with orange colored veins, and not attaining
full growth until the flowers have fallen. The handsome, white flowers, 1 to 1 ½ inches
in diameter, appear in April and May on a one-flowered, naked scape, 6 inches high, the
bud erect, the petals usually eight, not crumpled.
Found in :-
The United States and Canada ; common in open rich woods and along shaded streams. It is also cultivated in Pakistan and India.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice :-- |
By Dr. Bute, Correspondenzblatt, III. 2. in 1837. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VIII. 481.)
The fresh root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Sanguinaria, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 300 Cc. | = 400
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Distilled water | 100 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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