Latin, Thylax fraxineum, Xanthoxylum americanum, X. clavaherculis, X. fraxinifolium, X. mite, X. ramiflorum, X. tricarpum ;
English, Angelica tree, Northern prickly ash, Pellitory, Pepper wood, Prickly ash, Suterberry, Tea ash, Toothache tree, Yellow wood ;
French, Clevalier, Frene epineux ;
German, Zahnwehholz.
An ornamental, deciduous shrub. The stem is 5 to 10 feet high, with
alternate, branches beset with thorns, with a smooth, somewhat warted,
white spotted, grayish bark, slightly aromatic and very pungent.
The leaves are alternate in axillary clusters, odd-pinnate; leaflets
three to five pairs, prickly, sometimes petioled, oblong-oval,
oblique, acuminate, serrulate, downy when young, having an aromatic
odour, resembling lemons. The greenish-white, dioecious flowers
appear before the leaves from March to May in axillary, sessile
umbels about the origin of the young branches. The roundish red
capsule contains a shining black, odourless, oval, wrinkled seed,
hollow and grayish-yellow internally, and having a slight tatse
like that of the capsule.
Found in :-
Troughout northern and eastern United States ; found in rocky woods and on river banks.
Introduced into homoeopathic practice:-- |
By Dr. Cullis, Mass. H.M. Soc. II. 267. ( Allen’s Encyc. Mat, Med. X. 169.)
The fresh bark and berries.
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(a)Tincture Q: = | Drug Strength 1/10 |
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Xanthoxylum, moist magma containing solids | 100 gm
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Plant moisture 233 Cc. | = 333
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Strong alcohol | 800 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, two parts distilled water, seven parts alcohol ; 3x and higher with dispensing alcohol.
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