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Salix Nigra Aments
NAT. ORD., Salicaceae. COMMON NAME, White Willow. PREPARATION.--The fresh aments are macerated in twice their weight of alcohol. (Dr. John Fearns writes of this remedy in Chicago Medical Times, 1896:) At this writing I wish to s... Salvia Officinalis
NAT. ORD., Labiatae. COMMON NAME, Common sage. PREPARATION.--The fresh leaves are macerated in twice their weight of alcohol. (Although scarcely used in the present day sage runs back in medical history to the Greeks, and, accordin... Saururus Cernuus
NAT. ORD., Piperaceae. COMMON NAME, Lizard's Tail. PREPARATION.--The entire plant including the root is macerated in twice its weight of alcohol. (The following short notice of this almost unknown remedy appeared in the Homoeopathi... Scolopendra Morsitans
PREPARATION.--The insect is triturated with sugar of milk in the usual way. (In the case of a man bitten in the arm by a centipede, reported in Nashville Journal of Medicine, 1870, among the striking symptoms was no perspiration in... Scutellaria Laterifolia
NAT. ORD., Labiatae. COMMON NAME, Mad-dog skullcap. PREPARATION.--The whole fresh plant is macerated in twice its weight of alcohol. (The following proving of Scutellaria lat., from University Bulletin, 1897, was made, under the au... Sisyrinchium
NAT. ORD., Iridaceae. COMMON NAME, Blue-eyed grass. PREPARATION.--The fresh root is macerated in twice its weight of alcohol. (Dr. W. U. Reed, of Northmanchester, Ind., contributed the following in 1892 to the Hom. Recorder, concer... Skookum Chuck
(Some readers may be startled at this name, applied to a remedy, but under that name it came before the profession and the name has stuck. It is the Western Indian's designation of the waters of what is now known as "Medica... Solanum Carolinense
NAT. ORD., Solanaceae. COMMON NAME, Horse-nettle. PREPARATION.--The fresh, ripe berries are macerated in twice their weight of alcohol. (In 1889 Dr. Napier called attention to Solanum Carolinense as a remedy in the treatment of epi... Solidago Virga-aurea
NAT. ORD., Compositae. COMMON NAME, Golden Rod PREPARATION.--The fresh blossoms are macerated in twice their weight of alcohol. (The following is to be found on p. 131 of Dr. Gallavardin's "Homoeopathic Treatment of Alcoholism:") ... Spiritus Glandium Quercus
NAT. ORD.--Cupuliferae. COMMON NAME--European or English oak. PREPARATION.--The spirit is destilled from the tincture prepared by macerating the acorn kernals from the Quercus robur, in five times their weight of dilute alcohol. (The fo... Stellaria Media
NAT. ORD.--Caryophyllaceae. COMMON NAME.--Common Chickweed. PREPARATION.--The whole fresh plant in bloom is macerated in twice its weight of alcohol. (Frederick Kopp proved this remedy and the results were published in the Homoeopa... Stigmata Maidis
A Tincture of the Fresh Corn Silk. NAT. ORD.--Gramineae. COMMON NAME.--Corn Silk. PREPARATION.--One part of fresh corn silk is macerated in two parts by weight of alcohol. (A great deal has been published lately concerning this ... Succinic Acid
PREPARATION.--The pure chemical is triturated in the usual way. (The following is by Dr. Morris Weiner, of Baltimore, 1892:) About twelve years ago I decided to prove Succinic acid (Acidum succinicum). Agricola mentions this acid, 154... Symphoricarpus Racemosus
NAT. ORD., Caprifoliaceae. COMMON NAME, Snow Berry. PREPARATION.--One part of the fresh ripe berries is macerated in two parts by weight of alcohol. (In 1882 Dr. Edward V. Moffat read the following paper on this remedy before the H... Symphytum Officinalis
NAT. ORD.--Borraginaceae. COMMON NAME.--Comfrey, Healing Herb. PREPARATION.--One part of the fresh root gathered just before blooming is macerated in two parts by weight of alcohol. (The following concerning this remedy, which dates back...