BASIC REMEDIES

POLYCHRESTS

TISSUE SALTS

FLOWER REMEDIES

NOSODES etc.

IMPONDERABILIA

GEM REMEDIES

RX GROUPS

RX RELATIONSHIPS

HERBS

NUTRITION

LIFESTYLE

NEW RX'S

RX IN FOCUS

RXS IN RYHME

POISONOUS PLANTS

ORGAN RXS

CHILDREN'S TYPES

PROVINGS

SIMON'S SECTION



 

ACALYPHA INDICA

(Indian Nettle)

General.
A drug having a marked action on the alimentary canal and respiratory organs. It is indicated in incipient phthisis, with hard, racking cough, bloody expectoration, arterial hemorrhage, but no febrile disturbance. Very weak in the morning, gains strength during day. Progressive emaciation. All pathological hemorrhages having notably a MORNING AGGRAVATION.

Chest.
COUGH DRY, HARD, FOLLOWED BY HEMOPTYSIS; worse in morning and at night. Constant and severe pain in chest. Blood bright red and not profuse in morning; dark and clotted in afternoon. Pulse soft and compressible. Burning in pharynx, oesophagus, and Stomach.

Abdomen.
Burning in intestines. SPLUTTERING DIARRHEA WITH FORCIBLE EXPULSION OF NOISY FLATUS, bearing down pains and tenesmus. Rumbling distention, and griping pain in abdomen. Rectal hemorrhage; worse in morning.

Skin.
Jaundice. Itching and circumscribed furuncle-like swellings.

Aggravation.
WORSE in morning.

Relationship.
Compare: Mill; Phos.; Acetic acid; Kali-n.



 

MM is by Boericke unless otherwise stated