Malarial diseases, with diarrhśa, dysentery, anćmia, feeble digestion,
are the general conditions suggesting this remedy. Characteristics are the gone sensation in
stomach and sinking in abdomen, with debility. A tonic after
exhausting fevers.
Abdomen.–
Violent purging and cramp in bowels. Heat and
irritation in lower bowels. Camp diarrhśa, bloody stool, dysentery;
diarrhśa from bad water and malaria. Painless watery stools (Phosph
ac). Diarrhśa immediately after eating.
Relationship.–
Compare: Similar in action to Alstonia constricta, the bitter bark or native quinine of
Australia. Ditain (active principle, is anti-periodic,
like quinine, but without unpleasant effects). Cinchona
(similar in diarrhśa, chronic dyspepsia and debility). Hydrastis;
Fer cit et chin.
Dose.–
Tincture to third potency. Locally, for ulcers and
rheumatic pains.