JALAPA.
Ipomœa purga, Hayne.
Natural order
, Convolvulaceæ.
Synonyms
, Convolvulus purga, Wenderoth;
Exogonium purga, Benth.
Common name
, Jalap.
Preparation
, Trituration of the root.
Authority.
Noack and Trinks,
Arzneimittellehre.►
Violent headache. ► Humming in the ears. ► Stinging on the tongue and in the fauces.
► Nausea and vomiting. ► Increased motion of the stomach,
sometimes attended with a slight degree of transitory nausea, succeeded
by an increased activity of the small intestines as far as the region of
the cæcum, where a sensation of illness becomes seated for a time;
after this, the prover experiences a motion in the colon and its
flexions, until a desire for stool ensues, which takes place without any
great irritation, without being succeeded by any other irritation or
desire, even if another looser evacuation should take place. ► Colic; violent seated pains in the small
intestines, as if the abdomen would be cut to pieces. ► Inflammation of the intestines. ► Soreness of the anus. ► The first stool is always thick, and has
a reddish tinge, with a sour smell, which is strikingly different from
the putrid smell of the aloes stools. [10.]
► Violent, excessive evacuations. ► Bloody stools. ►
After several watery evacuations, the pulse becomes perceptibly weaker. ► The number of pulsations diminishes. ► Excessive uneasiness and tossing about of
the limbs. ► Pain in the thighs. ► Fainting fits. ►
Weakness. ► Febrile attacks. ► After several watery evacuations the
temperature decreases.® 2000
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