A Primer of Materia Medica for Practitioners of Homœopathy

Jatropha Curcas jatr.

Allen (1892)In every bookSave

General action

A violent hydragogue cathartic.

Generalities

Cramps in the muscles, especially of the calves; he feels as though they were twisted around the leg.

Throat

An acrid feeling, extending to the stomach; which causes vomiting.

Stomach

Nausea and vomiting, easily brought on by drinking, associated with the watery diarrhœa.

Abdomen

Distended; noises as of liquid gurgling from a bottle, with the diarrhœa.
Pain in the hypochondria.
Stitching in the hepatic region; under the right scapula, extending into the right axilla and shoulder.

Stool

Sudden, profuse, watery.
Evacuations, with gurgling in the abdomen as of water running out of a bottle, generally associated with coldness, cramps, nausea and vomiting, or other symptoms like cholera.