Chaparro Amargoso.
Chaparro Bush. Goat-bush. Bishirandi Amargoso. Castila Nicholsoni. N. O.
Simarubaceć. Fluid extract from bark of stem.Clinical.─
Diarrhśa. Dysentery.
Characteristics.─
Dr. M. J. Bleim, of San Antonio,
Texas, communicates to the North American Journal of Homśopathy,
of March, 1899, an article in praise of this Mexican plant, a small, thorny bush, three to
five feet high, with a small, saffron-coloured flower. Dr. Bleim reports the following cases
cured: (1) Mr. A., of New Orleans, eighteen months ill
with dysentery, was sent to Dr. Bleim under suspicion of tuberculosis. Before seeing the
doctor he met a stockman who said he could cure him, having been himself cured with the
remedy after a like experience. Chapar. was the remedy,
a teaspoonful of the extract three times a day. After three doses there was considerable
improvement. He took no more medicine, and had no further trouble. (2)
Boy, 12, had been treated for several months by Dr. Bleim with indifferent results. Chapar., half a teaspoonful three times a day. In forty-eight
hours the discharge ceased, and the bowels became normal. (3)
An acute case had improved rapidly under Merc. cor. and
colon-douches, but came to a standstill at a certain point: three or four stools a day, more
or less pain; no appetite; very weak. Chapar. was
ordered, a teaspoonful three times a day; immediate general improvement; in forty-eight
hours the bowels were normal; within a few weeks strength was entirely restored. Dr. R. T.
Knox, of Gonzales, narrates his own case: Dysentery three years. Nothing gave more than
temporary relief. Discharge after discharge of quantities of bloody matter accompanied with
much pain. Ravenously hungry all the time in a land of plenty. Under the advice of a farmer
he was persuaded to drink freely of a tea made of the shrub, before each meal. The infusion
had the appearance of sparkling beer, and was most intensely bitter. In three days there was
great improvement. In two weeks the bowels were under control, stools consistent, partly
moulded, sleep good. Recovery was perfect. Chaparro is
prized by Mexican doctors as a tonic and antiperiodic.
Relations.─
Compare:
Cedron; Merc., Nux, Nit. ac., Caps.® 2000
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