by C.M. Boger — A Synoptic Key of the Materia Medica
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.
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Jatropha Curcas appears in 7 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.
“Jatropha curcas, Linn. Natural order , Euphorbiaceæ. Common names , Physic Nut; (Cuban), Piñon Botija. Preparation , Triturations of the seeds. Authorities.”
“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…”
“ALBUMINOUS, glairy discharges (Comp. Gelatinous) GURGLING GUSHINGS (Comp. Swashing)”
“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…”
“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…”
“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…”
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).
