JALAPA

Jalap (EXOGONIUM PURGA)


  • Causes and cures colic and diarrhea. 
  • 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 diarrhea; 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.