Hydrastininum Muriaticum.
By John Henry Clarke тАФ A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica
An alkaloid of Hydrastis canadensis. C 11 H 11 NO 2 HCl. Trituration of the crystals.
Clinical
Fibroma / Metrorrhagia
Characteristics
The alkaloids of Hydrastis have been largely used in the old school as remedies for internal h├жmorrhage. Hydrastin. was found to be inconvenient by reason of its irritant properties. Hydrastinin., a modification of Hydrastin., proved to he free from this drawback, and its use in fibroid tumours has been advocated by Dr. Burford and others in the hom┼Уopathic school. A case of central uterine fibroid tumour under my care, about the size of a large orange, and pressing on the bladder, causing bladder symptoms, was quickly reduced in size with the disappearance of all troublesome symptoms by Hydrastinin. 3x.