Other names and synonyms
colos.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Description
The milk first secreted after childbirth. Solution.
Nosology
Diarrhoea.
Typical features
The symptoms of сolost. are purely clinical. Its use in diarrhoea was probably suggested by the purgative effect of сolostrum on the infant. вell gives the indications as follows:-STOOLS: Green, watery; yellow; watery; mucous; bilious; profuse; sour-smelling; excoriating. AGG. In nursing infants; during dentition. DURING STOOL: сolicky pains in hypogastrium. Accompaniments: Great nervous irritability, or listlessness. Pale face. Tongue coated white or yellow. Vomiting of sour or bitter substances. Loss of appetite. The whole body smells sour. Fever. Emaciation.