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TUSSILAGO PETASITES
N. O. ---Compositae.
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Latin, Petasites, Petasitides vulgaris ;
English, Butter bur, Colt’s foot, Pestilence, Pestilent wort ;
French, Herbe aux teigneux ;
German, Pestilenzwurz.
A deciduous, perennial herb, with a creeping rhizome 12 to 18 inches
long, branching, about 1/8 inch thick, joints about 2 inches long,
grayish-white or pale-brown and stem about a foot high. The leaves,
4 inches long and broad, are radical, long-petiolate, roundish,
heart-shaped, with approximating lobes, angular-dentate, dark-green
and smooth above, white, tomentose beneath. The flesh-colored flowers
appear in March and April in an ovate-oblong thyrsus.
Found in :-
Great Britain ; common in sandy meadows and on the banks of streams.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Rosenberg, Archive. XXI. 2, 81. in 1844. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. A. 32.)
The whole fresh plant.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Tussilago petasites, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 567 Cc. | = 667.
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Strong alcohol | 470 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,
four parts distilled water,
five parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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