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JALAPA – HOMOEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA – By William BOERICKE

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JALAPA
Jalap
(EXOGONIUM PURGA)

Causes and cures colic and diarrhśa. The child is good all day, but
screams and is restless and troublesome at night.


Gastro-intestinal.–

Tongue, smooth, glazed, dry,
smarting.–Pain in right hypochondrium. Flatulence and nausea. Pinching and griping. Watery
diarrhśa; thin, muddy stools. Abdomen distended. Face cold and blue. Anus sore.

Extremities.–

Aching in arms and legs. Pain in large joint of
great toe. Smarting at root of nail. Burning of soles.

Relationship.–

Antidotes: Elater;
Cann sat
.

Compare: Camph; Colocy.


Dose.–

Third to twelfth potency.

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