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UVA URSI
N. O. ---Ericaceae.
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Latin, Arbutus uva ursi, Arctostaphylos officinalis, A. uva ursi, Daphnidostaphyllis fendleriana ;
English, Bearberry, Bear’s grape, Mountain box, Red berry, Red-barried trailing arbustus, Upland cranberry ;
French, Arbousier, Raisin d’ours, Busserole;
German, Barentraube, Barenbeere, Steinbeere.
A low, evergreen trailing shrub, with thick, creeping roots.
The stem is woody, rooting, the young shoots only turning ;
upwards, the pale-brown bark scaling off in patches. The
crowded leaves are alternate, short-petioled, obovate or
spatulate, acute, entire, smooth, thick, with a net-work
of veins beneath, inodorous when fresh, having the odour
of hay when dry, with a bitter, astringent taste, becoming
sweetish. The white flowers appear in May on short reflexed
peduncles in small terminal racemes. The fruit is a red
berry-like drupe with five to ten seed-like nutlets.
Found in :-
Europe, northern Asia, United States, Pennsylvania to New
Mexico, northern California and as far north as the Arctic Circle ;
found on mountains, in rocky places and on bare hills.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Noak and Trinks in 1848. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. X. 56.)
The fresh leaves.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Uva ursi, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 150 Cc. | = 250.
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Distilled water | 250 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 2x to contain one part of tincture,
three parts distilled water,
six parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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