Tradescantia

by Timothy F. AllenThe Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica

Tradescantia diuretica, Mart.

Natural order , Commelyneæ (Liliaceæ).

Preparation , Tincture of the leaves.

Authority.

Mure, Pathogénésie Brésil.

HEAD

  • Vertigo.

STOOL

  • Diarrhœa.

URINARY ORGANS

  • Whitish discharge from the urethra.
  • Pain when urinating.
  • Thin stream of urine.
  • The urine has an acrid smell (second day).
  • Yellowish, copious urine, depositing at the bottom of the vessel an ash-colored, copious sediment (second day).

SEXUAL ORGANS

  • Inflammation of the scrotum, which is painful and very red (second day).
  • The inflammation of the scrotum decreases since the twelfth day. [10.]
  • The testicles return by the inguinal ring.

RESPIRATORY ORGANS

  • The breathing is very painful.
  • The breathing is embarrassed, as when one is affected with catarrh (first day).
  • Difficult breathing, sighing, as from want of air (second day).

CHEST

  • Pain in the left side of the chest (first day).

GENERALITIES

  • The symptoms continue from the third to the fifteenth day.

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