CANCHALAGUA.
By Timothy F. Allen тАФ The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Erythr├жa chironioides, Griesb. [This plant is figured in the U. S. Report on the Mexican Boundary, Botany, Tab. XLII. The same name is applied in South America to Erythr├жa Chilensis, but the plant above mentioned was doubtless gathered by our authority; as it is in common use in California as a domestic remedy, and popularly known as "Canchalagua".]
Nat. order , Gentianace├ж.
Common name (Californian), Canchalagua.
Preparation , Tincture of the whole plant when in flower.
Authority.
Dr. Richter, proving with the tincture, N. Am. J. of Hom., 3, 532.
HEAD
- Head feels congested.
- Pressive pains in forehead.
- Fulness, tightness of scalp; it feels as if drawn together by india-rubber.
EYE
- Burning in the eyes, first in the left, and then in the right.
EAR
- Slight pain in the ears.
- Piercing or stitches in the ears.
- Increased buzzing and roaring.
MOUTH
- Spitting of white mucus, with trembling and nervousness.
STOMACH
- Increase of appetite. [10.]
- Ructus.
- Regurgitations.
- Waterbrash.
ABDOMEN
- Flatus.
- Slight pain, relieved by pressure.
STOOL
- Several loose stools a day.
- Constipation.*
- Hard, knotty morning stool.
CHEST
- Alleviating a catarrh, produced by influenza.
GENERALITIES
- That kind of pain in head and fingers which is concomitant with the attacks of intermittent fever.
SLEEP AND DREAMS. [20.]
- Sleeplessness (from 1st trit.).
FEVER
- Chills repeatedly, down the spine, and all over, especially in bed, at night.
- Heat in whole body; I could bear, after the proving, the cool trade-wind, usually setting in, in San Francisco, in the afternoon, better than before.
CONDITIONS
- Aggravation.
- ( Morning ), Hard stool.
- ( Night ), In bed, chills.
- Amelioration.
- ( Pressure ), Pain in abdomen.