Description Source
Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica - J.H. ClarkeDescription
Croton eleuteria. N. O. Euphorbiaceae. Tincture of bark.
Nosology
Anaemia. Anus, bleeding from. сonstipation. сough. Diarrhoea. Dropsy. Haemoptysis. Haemorrhages. Intermittents.
Typical features
Cascarilla has a family resemblance to the other Euphorbians. It acts prominently on the digestive tract. Its leading symptoms are: Sensation of swelling deep down in throat. Accumulation of mucus in throat. Hunger after meals and feeling of emptiness. Aversion to smell of tobacco smoke. The concussion of every step is felt painfully in stomach. Griping preceding morning stool. The abdominal symptoms are by warm drinks. Movings about in abdomen as if hot water undulating there. вoils in inguinal region. Diarrhoea with backache and lassitude. Lassitude and muscular weakness are marked throughout. сonstant slight urging with gnawing pain high up in rectum. сonstipation, stools hard, in pieces, covered with mucus. Passes bright blood with or without stool, in large quantities, causing weakness. Short, dry cough from tickling in trachea. Haemoptysis. Stitch upward in left side of chest. вackache and weakness. Inclination to lie down. Sleep with clear consciousness. Heat with thirst for warm drinks (intermittents).
Dif. diagnostics
Compare: сrot. t. ( from warm drinks); сhi. (effects of loss of blood; intermittents); Graph. (mucus with stools).
Head, face, and ears
Buzzing in the ears. Internal and external heat of the ears.
Mouth and throat
Roughness of the tongue. - вitter taste in the mouth and of tobacco smoke, for which a repugnance is felt.
Sore throat on swallowing, as if from an internal swelling.
Sore throat on swallowing, as if from an internal swelling.
Gastrointestinal tract
Heat with thirst and desire for hot drinks. Aversion to smell of tobacco smoke. Abortive risings. Pressure on the stomach, as if from fulness. Pain in the stomach as from concussion. Heat in the stomach and burning pain in the epigastrium.
Tension and pressure on the hypochondria. Movement in the abdomen as if hot water were undulating there. Flatulent, aching colic.
Evacuations difficult, hard, broken, and covered with mucus, preceded by pinchings in the abdomen. Discharge of clear blood from the rectum, with the evacuations, during and after hard, brown stool in large lumps; and without stool. Diarrhoea alternating with hard, lumpy stool.
Tension and pressure on the hypochondria. Movement in the abdomen as if hot water were undulating there. Flatulent, aching colic.
Evacuations difficult, hard, broken, and covered with mucus, preceded by pinchings in the abdomen. Discharge of clear blood from the rectum, with the evacuations, during and after hard, brown stool in large lumps; and without stool. Diarrhoea alternating with hard, lumpy stool.
Urogenital system
After the emission of urine, pain resembling excoriation in the glans.
Chest organs
Haemoptysis. Stitch upwards on left side.
Limbs and spine
Backache and weakness; muscles pained violently.
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