Alstonia Scholaris alst-s.

A tincture is prepared from the bark of this tree (natural order Apocynaceæ).

Violent purging and cramp in the bowels, vertigo and general weakness; sharp purging, with pain, uneasiness in bowels and heat and irritation in the lower bowel.

Camp diarrhœa of undigested food; bloody; especially of malarial origin, from drinking bad water, or even dysenteric symptoms, with great prostration. ▶ Has been used in India for the malarial fevers of that country, and it has also been found valuable as a tonic in the debility following exhausting fevers.