作者：Timothy F. Allen — The Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica
Alstonia (constricta?).
Dr. Augustus Cathcart, Am. Hom., vol. i, p. 142, effects of large doses (from the bark).
Invariably producing great debility and general prostration, or low fever -often also with diarrhœa- and when pushed sufficiently far, rigors, sweats (usually cold), and other symptoms resembling fever and ague.
Alstonia 出现在 Similia 的 13 部经典著作中的 2 部。每部书的写作目的各不相同 — 以下是每部书对该药物的补充内容，以及其条目的开头。
“Bitter Bark. Native Quinine Bark. (New South Wales and Queensland. A. scholaris, growing in India and Malabar, is probably identical in effects.) N. O. Apocynaceæ. Tincture of the bark. Debility / Diarrhœa / Dysentery / Fevers / Lactation, excessive, effects of / Leucorrhœa / Lienteria / Palpitation / Pregnancy…”
肯特《症状汇编》在 9 个症状条目中列出了 Alstonia。 这些是其级别最高的条目 — 即肯特认为最具特征性的症状。
