Jatropha Urens

by Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

Jatropha urens. (The most poisonous plant known.)

Natural order , Euphorbiaceæ.

Authority.

Kew Gardens Quarterly Rev., Dec. 1851 (Am. J. Med. Sci., N. S., 23, 1852), Mr Smith in reaching over the plant touched his wrist against the fine bristly stings.

Numbness and swelling of the lips.
The action of the poison was on the heart; circulation was stopped, and Mr. Smith soon fell unconscious; the last thing he remembered being cries of "Run for the doctor."

Jatropha Urens across the other classic books

Jatropha Urens appears in 2 of the 13 classic books on Similia. Each was written to do a different job — here is what each adds on this remedy, with the opening of its entry.

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“Spurge nettle. Tread-softly. (Southern United States.). N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of fresh plant. Cardiac paresis / Œdema According to Allen this is the most poisonous plant known. He quotes from the Kew Gardens Quarterly (December, 1851) the experience of Mr. Smith, who touched his wrist against the fine bristly…”

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