SENNA

Is of much use in infantile colics when the child seems to be full of wind . Oxaluria, with excess of urea; increased specific gravity. Where the system is broken down, bowels constipated, muscular weakness, and waste of nitrogenous materials, Senna will act as a tonic. Ebullitions of blood at night. Acetonæmia , prostration, fainting, constipation with colic a flatulence. Liver enlarged and tender.

Stool

Fluid yellowish, with pinching pains before. Greenish mucus; never-get-done sensation ( Merc ). Burning in rectum, with strangury of bladder. Constipation , with colic and flatulence. Liver enlarged and tender, stools hard and dark, with loss appetite, coated tongue, bad taste, and weakness .

Urine

Specific gravity and density increased; hyperazoturia, oxaluria, phosphaturia, and acetonuria.

Relationship

Compare: Kali carb; Jalapa .

Antidotes: Nux; Cham .

Dose

Third to sixth potency.