Other names and synonyms
chion.Description Source
Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica - C. HeringPharmacological Group
Additional facts
Fringe Tree. Oleacea.
A singular looking shrub, or low tree, from ten to thirty feet high, growing from Pennsylvania to Georgia, on river banks and sandy plains. It presents clusters of snow-white flowers in May and June.
The bark contains Saponin. The bark of the root, bruised, is sometimes used for healing wounds.
A singular looking shrub, or low tree, from ten to thirty feet high, growing from Pennsylvania to Georgia, on river banks and sandy plains. It presents clusters of snow-white flowers in May and June.
The bark contains Saponin. The bark of the root, bruised, is sometimes used for healing wounds.
Nosology
- Hypertrophy of liver, Obstruction of liver, and Jaundice, Goss, Hale’s N. R., p. 161 ; Hepatic disorder, E. Guernsey, Trans., vol. 4, p. 226.
Hypertrophy of liver.
Obstruction of liver, in malarious districts.
Enormous liver, constipation, stools clay-colored, skin and urine colored as is usual in severe cases of jaundice, great emaciation.
Soreness in region of liver, quick, weak pulse, stools undigested and showing an absence of bile, urine almost black.
Chronic cases of jaundice.
Jaundice recurring every Summer.
Hypertrophy of liver.
Obstruction of liver, in malarious districts.
Enormous liver, constipation, stools clay-colored, skin and urine colored as is usual in severe cases of jaundice, great emaciation.
Soreness in region of liver, quick, weak pulse, stools undigested and showing an absence of bile, urine almost black.
Chronic cases of jaundice.
Jaundice recurring every Summer.
Gastrointestinal tract
Constipation, stools clay-colored. θ Enlargement of liver.
Stools undigested and showing an absence of bile. θ Hepatic disorder.
Stools undigested and showing an absence of bile. θ Hepatic disorder.
Urogenital system
Urine colored as usual in cases of severe jaundice. θ Hypertrophied liver.
Urine almost black. θ Hepatic disorder.
Urine almost black. θ Hepatic disorder.
Cardiovascular system
Quick, weak pulse. θ Hepatic disorder.
Great emaciation. θ Hypertrophied liver.
Great emaciation. θ Hypertrophied liver.
Skin
Jaundice of years’ standing, recurring annually.
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