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VIBURNUM OPULUS
N. O. ---Caprifoliaceae.
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Latin, Viburnum edule, V. oxycoccus ;
English, Cramp bark, Cranberry tree, Guelder rose, High cranberry, Nanny bush, Sheep’s berry, Snowball;
French, Obier ;
German, Wasserholder.
An ornamental, deciduous shrub. The stem is 10 feet high, upright,
nearly smooth. The leaves are opposite, petiolate, three-lobed,
three-to five-ribbed, wadge-shaped, truncate, acuminate, glandular
at apex, dentate, entire in the sinuses, smooth. The white flowers
appear from May to July in peduncled cymes.
Found in :-
Europe and Great Britain, introduced into the United States, common north and south in the Alleghanies to the borders of Maryland; grows in low grounds and along streams.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
In 1858, N.A.J. Hom. VI. 554.. (Hale’s New Rem. 3rd ed).
The fresh bark of the root.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Viburnum Opulus, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 100 Cc. | = 200
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Distilled water | 300 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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