In water as frequently as necessary.DOSE: 1 teaspoonful of the herb, cut small, to 1 pint of boiling water; take a mouthful at a time as
required. Of the tincture alone, 3–6 drops in water as indicated. External application may cause water
blisters on the skin.
HOMEOPATHIC CLINICAL: Tincture of the active fresh plant for amblyopia, asthma, bronchitis, catarrh,
consumption, cough, coxalgia, epilepsy, hemorrhage, headache, laryngitis, measles, nausea, sciatica,
vomiting, whooping cough.
RUSSIAN EXPERIENCE: Rossianka, “round leaf” (Drosera), grows in many parts of Russia including the
Far East and Siberia. Commercially collected in Belorussia, Siberia, and northern Russia in June and July
when the plant is in full flower. Long orange needles are used to extract crystalline plumbagin. Plumbagin,
which suppresses some pathogenic fungus and bacterial growths, was discovered in other plants in 1828.
In northern Russia farmers used the plant in boiling water to disinfect milk containers. The plant also
contains peptic ferment of antispasmodic properties, which explains the calming effect for spasmodic and
whooping cough. Folk medicine: For nervous headache, sickness, and disorders due to nerve
maladjustment, plague, diphtheria, and as nastoika (with vodka) for malaria (Bello-Russ. Academy of
Science, 1965). Prepared as extracts, decoctions, tea, and nastoika. Dose: 10–20 drops of extract three
times daily. As a tea, 1 teaspoonful steeped in cupful of boiling water, three times a day in tablespoonful
amounts. Externally: Fresh juice for warts (Moscow University, Moscow, 1963).