Jatropha curcas

by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica

Historical reference for practitioners and students. The statements below reflect the named author’s homeopathic teaching and do not establish treatment effectiveness. This text is not medical advice and must not replace appropriate diagnosis or care.

REGION

Stomach.
Intestines.

WORSE

Covering.
Morning.
Summer.

BETTER

Hands in cold water.

Icy coldness; of lower limbs. .................... Vomiting; albuminous; easy. Loud gurgle, like water from a bung-hole, in abdomen; then profuse gushing stools. Rice water stools. Violent cramps, that draw the calves flat.

Related: Crot-t.

Jatropha curcas across the other classic books

Jatropha curcas appears in 9 of the 21 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 — A compiled symptom record drawing on proving reports and other named observations.
“Jatropha curcas, Linn. Natural order , Euphorbiaceæ. Common names , Physic Nut; (Cuban), Piñon Botija. Preparation , Triturations of the seeds. Authorities.”
Boericke — The quick clinical read — keynotes, modalities and the conditions it is actually prescribed in.
“Purging Nut (JATROPHA) Of value in cholera and diarrhœa. The abdominal symptoms are most important. Suppressed measles (H. Farrington). Hiccough, followed by copious vomiting. Nausea and vomiting, brought on by drinking, with acrid feeling from throat. Great thirst. Very easy vomiting . Heat and burning in stomach…”
Boger (GA) — Which general headings this remedy belongs under — the analytical scaffolding.
“ALBUMINOUS, glairy discharges (Comp. Gelatinous) GURGLING GUSHINGS (Comp. Swashing)”
Clarke — The widest entry — sources, provings, clinical uses, relationships and antidotes in one place.
“curcas. Physic nut. (West Indies.) N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture and trituration of seeds. Blepharospasm / Borborygmi / Cholera / Cholerine / Cramps / Diarrhœa / Eyelids, margins of, inflamed / Heels, sensitive / Mouth, ulceration of / Skin, affections of / Vomiting / Worms Jatropha is one of the most active of the…”
Guernsey — The leading characteristics — a compact bridge from repertory result to remedy study.
“In diarrhœa, cholera, etc., when a loud noise is heard in the abdomen, like the gurgling of water coming out of the bung hole of a barrel, during the fecal discharge. Albuminous vomiting; copious thirst; glass of water almost immediately vomited.”
Hering — Graded symptoms, each weighted by how often provers and practice confirmed it.
“Physic Nut. Euphorbiaceæ. A shrub indigenous to the West Indies and South America. The alcoholic tincture is prepared from the powdered seeds. Provings by Hering and provers ; Jablanczy ; Thorer and Lembke. CLINICAL AUTHORITIES. Diarrhœa , Stow, Raue's Rec., 1870, p. 209 ; Hencke, Raue's Rec., 1875, p. 146 ; A. H. Z…”
Hughes & Dake — The source evidence — provings and poisonings retained with their experimental context.
“JATROPHA. Jdlnpha atrcat, L. Physicnut. Nat. Ord., EuphorbUuea. I. Prtmngs. — i. a. Lbmbkb took Dec. si, 6.30 a.in., i dr. idil. Immediately continued rumbling in all parts of belly, which is distended. Pain deep in umbiliou region. Chilly feeling deep in lumbar vertebrae, and at 6.45 a.m. call to stool, a couple of…”
Lippe (MM) — The strict Hahnemannian reading — the symptom picture without clinical interpretation.
“Anxiety, with burning in the stomach and coldness of the body. Quietude of mind; indifference to pain. Giddiness, followed by unconsciousness and delirium. Heat and heaviness of the head. Head hot; stupefaction, with yawning and nausea. Heat in the head, face and ears. Headache, with nausea and vomiturition, beginning…”

Jatropha curcas in Kent's Repertory

Kent's Repertory lists Jatropha curcas in 334 rubrics. These are the ones where it carries the highest grade — the symptoms Kent treated as most characteristic. Most of them sit in EXTREMITIES (103), STOMACH (40), HEAD (26), ABDOMEN (25), MIND (19).

ABDOMEN - RUMBLING - stool - after
STOOL - SHOOTING out
STOOL - FORCIBLE,sudden,gushing
STOMACH - VOMITING - pregnancy,during
STOOL - WATERY
ABDOMEN - RUMBLING
EXTREMITIES - TWITCHING - Leg - calf - cramp-like
SKIN - COLDNESS - diarrhoea,during
STOMACH - VOMITING - albuminous
EXTREMITIES - CRAMPS - Leg - calf - cholera,in
STOMACH - DESIRES - lemonade
EXTREMITIES - CONVULSION - Leg
STOMACH - VOMITING - glairy
STOOL - MUCOUS,slimy - jelly-like
RECTUM - CHOLERA - morbus
STOMACH - VOMITING - violent
ABDOMEN - RUMBLING - stool - before
RECTUM - DIARRHOEA - cold - taking cold,after
EXTREMITIES - CRAMPS - Upper Limbs
RECTUM - DIARRHOEA - hot weather

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