(KOUSSO - BRAYERA)

A Vermifuge -Nausea and vomiting, vertigo, præcordial anxiety slowing and irregular pulse, subdelirium and collapse. Rapid and extreme prostration. To expel tapeworm.

Dose

1/2 oz. Mix with warm water and let stand 15 minutes; stir well and administer. May be preceded by a little lemon juice (Merrell).

Relationship

Compare: Mallotus -Kamala-An efficient remedy for tapeworm in 30-60 minims of tincture taken in cinnamon water.

Kousso across the other classic books

Kousso appears in 3 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.

Allen TF — The raw proving record — symptoms as the provers reported them, unedited.

“Hagenia Abyssinica, Willd. (1799). Synonyms , Brayera anthelmintica, Kunth (1823); Banksia Abyssinica, Bruce (1790, but Banksia had already been given by Linnæus to another genus). Natural order , Rosaceæ. Common names , Kousso, Kusso, Cosso, Koso (and Habbe). Authority. Cattell, Br. J. of Hom., 11, 340, effects when…”

Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.

“Brayera anthelmintica. Kuso. Cosso. (Abyssinia.) N. O. Rosaceæ. Infusion of dried flowers. Tincture of flowers. Abortion / Tapeworm The flowers of Kousso are a favourite remedy for tapeworm with the natives of Abyssinia, and the use of them in European practice for that purpose has led to the observation of the few…”

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