Celandine FHP / Chelidonium majus PPH

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Pharmacopée française - Préparations homéopathiques
05/06/2012

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• Anglais
• Médecine

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• Publié par: ansm-pharmacopee-francaise
• Publié le: 05 juin 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 6
• Licence : En savoir +
  Paternité, pas d'utilisation commerciale, pas de modification
• Langue: English

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CELANDINE  FOR HOMOEOPATHIC PREPARATIONS   CHELIDONIUM MAJUS FOR HOMOEOPATHIC PREPARATIONS   Chelidonium majus ad praeparationes homoeopathicas Other Latin name used in homoeopathy: Chelidonium     D E F I N I T I O N   Whole fresh, flowering plant ofChelidonium majusL.     C H A R A C T E R S   Macroscopic and microscopic characters described under identification tests A and B.   Noxious odour.     I D E N T I F I C A T I O N   A. Celandine is a perennial plant exuding yellow latex. It has an erect, pubescent stem which grows up to around 80 cm. The roots are reddish-brown and exude reddish latex. The yellow flowers are arranged in pseudo-umbels with peduncles of different lengths. The corolla consists of 2 yellowish sepals and 4 yellow petals evenly rolled within the bud. The stamens are numerous. The superior ovary contains 2 carpels and is crowned with a short style.   B. Take a sample of epidermis from the underside of the leaf. Examine under a microscope, usingchloral hydrate solution R.The abaxial epidermis consists of cells with lobed contours, anomocytic stomata (2.8.3) and a single row of multi cellular covering trichomes with a rounded distal cell. The length of the trichomes is extremely variable, sometimes exceeding 500 mm.     T E S T S   Foreign matter(2.8.2): maximum 5 per cent.   Loss on drying(232.2.):minimum 70.0 per cent, determined on 5.0 g of finely cut drug, by drying in an oven at 100-105 °C for 2h.   STOCK   

D E F I N I T I O N   Celandine mother tincture complies with the general technique for the preparation of mother tinctures (see Homœopathic Preparations (1038)and French Pharmacopoeia Authority Supplement). The mother tincture is prepared with ethanol (45 per cent V/V), using the whole fresh flowering plant ofChelidonium majusL.   Content, adjustedvalue:minimum 0.015 per centm/mand maximum 0.050 per cent m/m of total

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