Other names and synonyms
upa.Description Source
Homeopathic Materia Medica – William BoerickePharmacological Group
Description
Upas-tree-Strychnos Tiente (UPAS TIENTE).
Produces tonic spasms, tetanus, and asphyxia.
Produces tonic spasms, tetanus, and asphyxia.
Head, face, and ears
Disinclined for mental work. Irritable. Dull headache deep in brain.
Pain in eyes and orbits, with conjunctivitis. Dull sunken eyes. Styes.
Pain in eyes and orbits, with conjunctivitis. Dull sunken eyes. Styes.
Mouth and throat
Herpes on lips. вurning on the tongue. Pain in mouth, as from a splinter (Nit ac).
Desire increased, with loss of power. Dull backache, as after excessive coitus.
Desire increased, with loss of power. Dull backache, as after excessive coitus.
Chest organs
Lancinating pain throughout right lung toward the liver, stopping breathing. Violent palpitation; sensation of heaviness in stomach.
Skin
Numb hands and feet. Hangnails inflamed; itching and redness of roots of nails.
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: Upas antiaris-resinous exudation of Antiarus toxicaria, (a deadly poison to the muscular system. It suspends both voluntary muscular action and that of the heart without causing convulsions. Used in Java as an arrow poison (Merrell). Differs in producing clonic spasms, violent vomiting, diarrhoea, great prostration). Oxal ac. Upas when вryonia fails (typhoid).
Antidote: сurare.
Antidote: сurare.
Method of drug use and dosage
Third to sixth potency.