Acalypha Indica
by Constantine Hering — The Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica
Acalypha Indica Linn. Euphorbiaceæ.
A weed common in the East Indies, like nettle. Proved and applied by Tonnere, of Calcutta, and Payne, of Bath. Holcombe's cure.
MIND [1]
Gloomy and despairing, but very unwilling to die. θ Hæmoptysis.
Leucorrhœa, sometimes thick, sometimes watery. θ Consumptive patient.
COUGH [27]
Cough, with bloody expectoration. θ Tuberculosis.
Violent dry cough, followed by bloody expectoration.
Hæmoptysis.
Hæmoptysis : expectorates pure blood in morning, dark lumps (clotted) in evening. Cough most violent at night. θ Tubercular deposits in apex of lung.
INNER CHEST AND LUNGS [28]
Dulness in chest on percussion. θ Hæmoptysis.
Constant and severe pain in chest. θ Hæmoptysis.
HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION [29]
Pulse small and depressed.
Pulse from 100 to 120. θ Hæmoptysis.
TIME [38]
Night : cough most violent.
Morning : expectorates pure blood.
Evening : expectorates dark clotted blood.
FEVER [40]
Slow fever.
TISSUES [44]
Progressive emaciation. θ Hæmoptysis.
RELATIONS [48]
Collaterally related to all Euphorbiaceæ ; especially to Mercurialis annua and Mancin .