Jatropha

Purging Nut

Abdomen

William Boericke 1922

Distended, with gurgling noises. Pain in hypochondria. Pain in region of liver and under right scapula to shoulder. Violent urging to urinate. Stool. — Sudden, profuse, watery, like rice-water. Diarrhoea: forced discharge; loud fioise in abdomen like gurgling of zvacer coming out of a bung-hole, associated with coldness, cramps, nausea, and vomiting.

Compare

William Boericke 1922

Camph.; Verat.; Gambog.; Croton.; Jatropha urens — Sponge-nettle — (oedema and cardiac paresis).

Dose

William Boericke 1922

Third to thirtieth potency.

Extremities

William Boericke 1922

Cramps in muscles, especially calves, le^s^s, and feet. Coldness of whole body.

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

Of value in cholera and diarrhcea. The abdominal symptoms are most important.

Modalities

William Boericke 1922

Better, by placing hands in cold water.

Stomach

William Boericke 1922

Hiccough, followed by copious vomiting. Nausea and vomiting, brought on by drinking, with acrid feeling from

Throat

William Boericke 1922

Great thirst. I'c'/y easy vomiting. Pleat and burning in stomach, with crampy, constrictive pain in epigastrium.

References

This monograph is an original summary faithful to the classical tradition. It condenses material from these public-domain sources:

James Tyler Kent, Lectures on Homoeopathic Materia Medica (1905)Primary remedy pictures; characteristic mental and general symptoms. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
William Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homeopathic Materia Medica and Repertory (1927)Reproduced here in full — the complete classical repertory-style monographs. · Public domain (USA, pre-1930 publication)
Constantine Hering, The Guiding Symptoms of Our Materia Medica (1879–1891)Confirmed symptom aggregates behind the section organization. · Public domain
Timothy Field Allen, Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica (1874–1879)Provings background referenced by the verification tradition. · Public domain

Published by Gentle Pills under CC0 1.0 — original wording, dedicated to the public domain. Not a substitute for the primary texts.

Reminder: this information is published for qualified practitioners. Patients must not self-medicate — homeopathic prescribing depends on the complete individual symptom picture, which only a doctor can evaluate. Please visit a homeopathy doctor.