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Descriptor English: Mother Tincture
Descriptor Spanish: Tintura Madre
Descriptor tintura madre
Entry term(s) extractos de plantas frescas
extractos de plantas secas
tinturas animales
Scope note: Preparación básica en la que una sustancia se instala en una solución hidroalcohólica.
Descriptor Portuguese: Tintura Mãe
Descriptor French: Teinture Mère
Entry term(s): Animal Tinctures
Dry Plant Extracts
Fresh Plant Extracts
Tree number(s): HP7.086.105
Scope note: In Homeopathic practices, the result of the liquid preparation resulting from the action of a suitable extracting liquid (which may be composed of purified water, ethanol and/or glycerin) on a specific drug of animal or vegetable origin, the part used being that described in homeopathic pharmacopoeias or in experiments carried out with the medicine, always in the proportion of 10% calculated in dry drug in the case of plants and 5% in the case of animals.
Allowable Qualifiers: No qualifiers
Related: Homeopathic Pharmacy Techniques DeCS
DeCS ID: 27591
Unique ID: DDCS027591
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Mother Tincture - Preferred
Concept UI FD00060087
Scope note In Homeopathic practices, the result of the liquid preparation resulting from the action of a suitable extracting liquid (which may be composed of purified water, ethanol and/or glycerin) on a specific drug of animal or vegetable origin, the part used being that described in homeopathic pharmacopoeias or in experiments carried out with the medicine, always in the proportion of 10% calculated in dry drug in the case of plants and 5% in the case of animals.
Preferred term Mother Tincture
Animal Tinctures - Narrower
Concept UI FD00060088
Scope note The whole or part of an animal is macerated in a hydro-alcoholic mixture.
Preferred term Animal Tinctures
Fresh Plant Extracts - Narrower
Concept UI FD00060089
Scope note Those tinctures obtained by macerating fresh plants in a hydroalcoholic solution. The amount of plant must be calculated as 10% dry material, discounting the plant's moisture. The alcohol content of the extracting liquid may vary depending on the composition of the plant, following monographs in the pharmacopoeias, if available.
Preferred term Fresh Plant Extracts
Dry Plant Extracts - Narrower
Concept UI FD00060090
Scope note Those tinctures obtained by maceration or percolation of dried plant in a hydroalcoholic solution. The amount of plant to be used is 10%. The alcohol content of the extracting liquid is 60%.
Preferred term Dry Plant Extracts



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