Latin, Senecio gracilis;
English, False valerian, Golden senecio, Life roo, Ragwort, Squaw weed, Uncum;
French, Senecon;
German, Kreuzpflanze.
A perennial herb, having a thin, slender, horizontal root, 1 to 2
inches long, with numerous slender rootlets. The stem, 10 to 30
inches high, is smooth or wooly when young. The leaves are alternate,
varying; the radical, long-petioled, round, cordate, crenately-dentate
; the lower cauline are lyrate, the upper pinnatifid, usually
lanceolate, sessile, or partly clasping. The flowers appear in May
and June in heads consisting of from eight to twelve yellow ray
florets.
Found in :-
The United States, common everywhere in the north and west ; growing in swamps.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice :-- |
By Dr. Small, U.S. Med. and Surg, Jour. I. 150. in 1866. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. VIII. 582.)
The fresh plant.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Senecio, 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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