Conium maculatum SPOTTED HEMLOCK. Umbelliferae. It is a native of Europe, but is naturalized in the United States. The active principle is conia, a yellowish ...

Colchicum Having now studied the properties and uses of Bryonia, Aconite and Rhus, remedies which, in addition to their applicability in fevers and various ...

Cocculus indicus Menispermum cocculus, Cocculus indicus, Cocculus suberosus, Anamirta cocculus." The seeds or berries are the parts used in medicine. This ...

Cina The Wormseed or Tartarian Southernwood, of which the unexpanded flower-heads are used in medicine, is found in Asia Minor, the Levant, Africa and Persia. ...

Chamomilla matricaria The name of this medicinal plant is derived from MATRIX, because of the specific action supposed by the ancients to be exerted by it on ...

Causticum This drug is known only to the homeopathist, at least under this name. What is it? Hahnemann directed it to be prepared as follows: Take a piece of ...

Carbo vegetabilis CARBO LIGNI. VEGETABLE CHARCOAL. Charcoal possesses the power of absorbing gases in large quantities in vastly greater proportions than the ...

Carbo animalis The symptoms of Carbo animalis are, however, in the main identical with those of Carbo vegetabilis. In those of the eye long-sightedness is ...

Calcarea carbonica Lime is used in allopathic therapeutics: 1. As caustic lime in combination with caustic potash as an escharotic; it lessens the ...

Bryonia alba The tincture of the root of BRYONIA ALBA, or dilutions made from it, were used by Hahnemann in his provings. The root of this vine, which grows in ...