Other names and synonyms
alst-c.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
Bitter вark. Native Quinine вark. New South Wales and Queensland. A. scholaris, growing in India and Malabar, is probably identical in effects. N. O. Apocynaceae. Tincture of the bark.
Nosology
Debility. Diarrhoea. Dysentery. Fevers. Lactation, excessive, effects of. Leucorrhoea. Lienteria. Palpitation. Pregnancy, vomiting of Uterus, debility of.
Typical features
Alstonia was proved by Doctor сathcart, of Australia, who found it produce great debility and prostration, or low fever, often with diarrhoea. It is exceedingly bitter. Doctor Dietz, who has tested it clinically, gives the following as leading indications: Debility from lack of digestive power in the stomach or general assimilative power. Tongue generally has a dirty white coat, especially at base; though it may be clean. It has no relation to purely nervous debility. The nausea is Lying down.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Alet. f., Lil. t., Helon., сedron, сeanoth., сhina, Fer.