Rosemary FHP / Rosmarinus officinalis PPH

Ansm

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Pharmacopée française - Préparations homéopathiques
07/06/2012

Sujets

• Anglais
• Médecine

Informations

• Publié par: ansm-pharmacopee-francaise
• Publié le: 07 juin 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 5
• Licence : En savoir +
  Paternité, pas d'utilisation commerciale, pas de modification
• Langue: English

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ROSEMARY  FOR HOMOEOPATHIC PREPARATIONS   ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS FOR HOMOEOPATHIC PREPARATIONS   Rosmarinus officinalis ad praeparationes homoeopathicas     D E F I N I T I O N   Fresh flowering branches ofsoamR sirunofficinalis L.      C H A R A C T E R S   Macroscopic and microscopic characters described under identification tests A and B.   Characteristic aromatic odour.     I D E N T I F I C A T I O N   A. Both the woody stem and branches of rosemary are sub-cylindrical. The leaves are revolute, opposite, sessile, linear, persistent and coriaceous ; the adaxial surface is dark green, glabrous and granular ; the white, tomentose abaxial surface is marked by a prominent midrib. The spicular inflorescence bears subsessile flowers in all seasons. The pubescent, gamosepalous, bilabiate, bell-shaped calyx has only three lobes. The gamopetalous, bilabiate, long-tubed corolla has an upper lip in the form of a 2-lobed helmet and a 3-lobed lower lip ; the middle lobe being concave and much wider. The corolla is pale blue, white or whitish, and spotted with small purple dots on the inside. The androecium consists of only two stamens ; the anthers are elongated and have a single loculus opening by means of a single slit.   B. Examine a fragment of epidermis from the underside of the leaf under a microscope, usingchloral  hydrate solution R.The sinuous-celled epidermis is characterised by the presence of stomata, always accompanied by two subsidiary cells, ramified multi-cellular trichomes and 8-celled glandular trichomes.   T E S T S     Foreign matter(2.8.2): maximum 5 per cent.   Loss on drying(2.2.32) :minimum 45.0 per cent, determined on 5.0 g of finely-cut drug, by drying in an oven at 100-105 °C for 2h.  

  STOCK    DEFINITION    Rosemary mother tincture complies with the requirements of the general technique for the preparation of mother tinctures (seeomHopoetaih cns rPperataoi(1038)and French Pharmacopoeia Authority Supplement). The mother tincture is prepared with ethanol (65 per centV/V), using the fresh flowering branches ofus Rosmarinofficinalis L.

 ___________________________   The General Chapters and General Monographs of the European Pharmacopoeia and Preamble of the French Pharmacopoeia apply.   F r e n c h P h a r m a c o p o e i a 2 0 0 3