Christmas Health Dictionary

A hereditary disorder of blood coagulation which can only be distinguished from HAEMOPHILIA by laboratory tests. It is so-called after the surname of the ?rst case reported in this country. About one in every ten patients clinically diagnosed as haemophiliac has in fact Christmas disease. It is due to lack in the blood of Factor IX (see COAGULATION).... christmas disease

Helleborus niger. Part used: rhizome. French: Rose de Noe?l. German: Christwurz. Italian: Fior de Natale. Spanish: Ele?boro negro. Indian: Kutki.

Constituents: cardiac glycosides with Digitalis-like action. Enhances the organs of sense: mouth, nose and eyes.

Uses: Heart disorders.

An ingredient of Paracelsus’s “Elixir of Life”. ... christmas rose