Senna

Cassia Acutifolia

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William Boericke 1922

Kali carb, ; Jalapa. Antidotes: Nux; Cham.

Dose

William Boericke 1922

Third to sixth potency.

Guiding symptoms

William Boericke 1922

Is of much use in infantile colics when the child seems to be full of wind. Oxaluria, with excess of urea; increased specific gravity. Where the system is broken down, bowels constipated, muscular weakness, and waste of nitrogenous materials, Senna will act as a tonic. Ebullitions of blood at night. Acetoncemia, prostration, fainting, constipation with colic and flatulence. Liver enlarged and tender. StooL — Fluid yellowish, with pinching pains before. Greenish mucus; never-get-done sensation. [Merc.] Burning in rectum, with strangury of bladder. Constipation, with colic and flatulence. Liver enlarged and tender, stools hard and dark, with loss of appetite, coated tongue, bad taste, and weakness. Urine. — Density increased; hyperazoturia, oxaluria, phosphaturia, and acetonuria. 676 SENNA — SEPIA

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

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