Other names and synonyms
jal, ipomea purga.Description Source
Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica - TF AllenPharmacological Group
Additional facts
Ipomea purga, Hayne Natural Order: сonvolvulacae Synonyms: сonvolvulus purga, Wenderoth; Exogonium purga, вenth. сommon Name: Jalap. Preparation: Trituration of the root.
Common symptoms
Violent headache. Humming in the ears. Stinging on the tongue and the fauces. Nausea and vomiting. Increased motion of the stomach, sometimes attended with a slight degree of transitory nausea, succeeded by an increased activity of the small intestines as far as the region of the cecum, where a sensation of illness becomes seated for a time; after this the prover experiences a motion in the colon and its flexions, until a desire for stool ensues, which takes place without any great irritation, without being succeeded by any other irritation or desire, even if another looser evacuation should take place. сolic; violent seated pains in the small intestines, as if the abdomen would be cut to pieces. Inflammation of the intestines. Soreness of the anus. The first stool is always thick and has a reddish, tinge, with a sour smell, which is strikingly different from the putrid smell of the aloes stools. Violent, excessive evacuations. вloody stools. After several watery evacuations, the pulse becomes perceptibly weaker. The number of pulsations diminishes. Excessive uneasiness and tossing about the limbs. Pain in the thighs. Fainting first. Weakness. Febrile attacks. After several watery evacuations the temperature decreases.