ACALYPHA INDICA (Indian nettle)

N. O. ---Euphorbiaceae. Indian, Indian nettle; Urdu, Khokali ; Bengali, Muktajhuri. Description:-- An annual Indian weed of the easiest culture ; 1 to 2 feet high, with nettle-like leaves, and flower-spikes having toothed leafy bracts. Its flowers bracts. Its flowers are small and of yellowish color. The fruit is also small and is divided into three parts . The odour of the macerated leaves is nauseating. This plant is the Cupameni of Rheeds. Found in :-Common throughout the plains of Pakistan and India as a weed and found in dunghills. Introduced in homoeopathic Materia Medica by Dr. Tonnere (1856) Hom. Month. Rev., London, I. 256. (Allen’s Encyc. Mat. Med. I. 3.) Part Used:-- The fresh plant. Preparation:-- (a)Tincture Q: = Drug Strength 1/10 Acalypha Indica, moist magma containing solids 100gm. Plant moisture 300 Cc. 400 Strong alcohol 730 To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture. (b) Dilutions: 2x to contain one part tincture, two parts distilled water, seven parts alcohol ; 3x and higher, with dispensing alcohol.