Other names and synonyms
acal, acalifa indian homeopathy.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Cupameni. Indian acalypha. East Indies. N. O. Euphorbiaceae. Tincture of fresh plant.
Nosology
Cough. Diarrhoea. Flatulence. Haemoptysis.
Typical features
The chief employment of this Euphorbian has been in violent dry cough followed by bloody expectoration. Expectoration of pure blood in the morning, and dark clotted blood in the evening. сough most violent at night. Dulness of chest on percussion; constant severe pain in chest. Progressive emaciation. A proving by several Indian physicians has brought out a number of symptoms in the alimentary tracts characterised by: burning, sense of weight at stomach, flatulence, and sputtering diarrhoea.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Mercurialis ann., Mancin., and other Euphorbians. Ham., Ipec., Millefol., Phos., Aco.