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VIOLA TRICOLOR
N. O. ---Violaceae.
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Latin, Herba trinitatis, Jacea;
English, Heart’s ease, Pansy ;
French, Fleur de la Trinite, Pensee sauvage;
German, Ackeveilchen, Sinnviole.
An annual, biennial, or shortlived perennial herb, with somewhat
fusiform root. The creeping stem becomes erect, 3 to 8 inches high,
angular, somewhat diffusely-branched, leafy throughout and nearly
smooth. The leaves 1 inch long, are alternate, petiolate, oblong,
crenately-dentate, with persistent, large, lyrate-pinnatifid stipules,
with middle lobe crenate. The several, small, yellowish-purple flowers
appear from April to September on a terminal and axillary peduncle.
Found in :-
Throughout Europe and northern Asia, naturalized in the United States, New Yark to Illinois and southward ; in fields.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Stapf, Archiv. VII. 2, 173 in 1828. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. X. 132.)
The whole fresh plant.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Viola tricolor, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 300 Cc. | = 400
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Distilled water | 100 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 to contain one part of tincture,
three parts distilled water,
six parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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