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Saturday, May 28, 2011

ACTAEA SPICATA

(Actaea americana)

N. O. ---Ranunculaceae.

Latin, Actaea americana, A. brachypetala, A. lon. gipes, A. rubra, A. Nigra Radix Christopherianae ;English, Cohosh, Herb Christopher, Baneberry ; French, Racin de Saint-Christophe ; German, Christophswurz.
Description:--
A deciduous, perennial herb, with a short, slender rhizome of blackish-gray color. The stem is erect, 2 to 3 feet high, leafless and scaly at the base, The leaves are two to three ternatley compound and ovate, leaflets sharply cleft and toothed. The white flowers which appear from April to June are in a short, thick, terminal, ovate raceme. Pedicels are the length of the flowers, scarcely thickened when in fruit.

Found in :-A native of Central and Northern Europe, grows in bushy, mountainous, lime-stone districts. It has been found from Canada to Pennsylvania.

Introduced in homoeopathic
In 1852 by Dr. Petroz. Journ. d. I. Soc. Gal. III. 12. [Allen’s Encyc. Mat. Med. I. 45.]

Part Used:--
The fresh root.

Preparation:--
(a)Tincture Q: =Drug Strength 1/10
Actaea spicata, moist magma containing solids100gm.
Plant moisture 200 Cc.= 300
Strong alcohol824 Cc.
To make one thousand cubic centimeters of tincture.

(b) Dilutions: 2x and higher with dispensing alcohol.

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