Acalypha Indica.
Cupameni. Indian acalypha. (East Indies.) N. O. Euphorbiaceć. Tincture of
fresh plant.Clinical.─
Cough. Diarrhśa. Flatulence. Hćmoptysis.
Characteristics.─
The chief employment of this
Euphorbian has been in violent dry cough followed by bloody expectoration. Expectoration of
pure blood in the morning, and dark clotted blood in the evening. Cough most violent at
night. Dulness of chest on percussion; constant severe pain in chest. Progressive
emaciation. A proving by several Indian physicians has brought out a number of symptoms in
the alimentary tracts characterised by: burning, sense of weight at stomach, flatulence, and
sputtering diarrhśa.
Relations.─
Compare:
Mercurialis ann., Mancin., and other Euphorbians. Ham., Ipec., Millefol., Phos., Aco.® 2000
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