JALAPA

(EXOGONIUM PURGA)

Causes and cures colic and diarrhœa. The child is good all day, but screams and is restless and troublesome at night.

Gastro-intestinal

Tongue, smooth, glazed, dry, smarting. Pain in right hypochondrium. Flatulence and nausea. Pinching and griping. Watery diarrhœa; thin, muddy stools. Abdomen distended. Face cold and blue. Anus sore.

Extremities

Aching in arms and legs. Pain in large joint of great toe. Smarting at root of nail. Burning of soles.

Relationship

Antidotes: Elater; Cann sat .

Compare: Camph; Colocy .

Dose

Third to twelfth potency.