Other names and synonyms
euph-pi.Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkePharmacological Group
Additional facts
E. pilulifera. N. O. Euphorbiaceae. Tincture.
Nosology
Asthma. Gonorrhoea. Leucorrhoea. Sunstroke. Traumatism.
Typical features
In the Medical Press of May 3, 1893, Doctor George Foy gives an account of this medicine. Gray in 1817 mentions it as a remedy for syphilis and for venomous bites. Marsset, of Paris, experimented with the aqueous extract on guinea-pigs. None of the irritant effects common to most Euphorbias were produced, but a powerful action on the heart-first an alarmingly quick pulse and then a sudden chill. It has been used by old-school practitioners in asthma, hay asthma, and bronchitis, chiefly in considerable doses. In the Universal Homoeopathic Annual, p. 57, Doctor сartier gives this account: Euphorbia Pilulifera has given excellent results in cases of acrid leucorrhoea, aggravated by the least motion, especially useful for pale, delicate, and sensitive women (Jacaranda). In gonorrhea, when there are intense pains at each micturition, burning pains which oblige the patient to sit down or to keep quiet; violent desire to pass water (Cannabis, сantharis). Humid asthma with prostration and restlessness. Haemorrhages caused by sunstroke or traumatism.