An ornamental, perennial herb, with a short tuberous rhizome. The
stem, 18 inches high, is stout, simple and naked. The leaves at the
summit of the stem, in a whorl of three, are short-petioled, almost
sessile, more or less ribbed, net-veined, broadly-rhomboid and
abruptly-pointed. A large white flower appear in the spring on a
short terminal, recurved peduncle.
Found in :-
New England to Virginia, North America, Kentucky and southward, common eastward ; grows in moist woods.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Minton, in 1853. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. X. 637.)
The fresh root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Trillium, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 300 Cc. | = 400.
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Strong alcohol | 730 Cc.
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To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.
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(b) Dilutions: 2x 2x to contain one part of tincture,
two parts distilled water,
seven parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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