Jalap
(EXOGONIUM PURGA)
Causes and cures colic and diarrhœa. The child is good all day, but screams and is restless and troublesome at night.
Gastro-intestinal.–Tongue, smooth, glazed, dry, smarting.–Pain in right hypochondrium. Flatulence and nausea. Pinching and griping. Watery diarrhœa; thin, muddy stools. Abdomen distended. Face cold and blue. Anus sore.
Extremities.–Aching in arms and legs. Pain in large joint of great toe. Smarting at root of nail. Burning of soles.
Relationship.–Antidotes: Elater; Cann sat.
Compare: Camph; Colocy.
Dose.–Third to twelfth potency.
William Boericke, M.D., was born in Austria, in 1849. He graduated from Hahnemann Medical College in 1880 and was later co-owner of the renowned homeopathic pharmaceutical firm of Boericke & Tafel, in Philadelphia. Dr. Boericke was one of the incorporators of the Hahnemann College of San Francisco, and served as professor of Materia Medica and Therapeutics. He was a member of the California State Homeopathic Society, and of the American Institute of Homeopathy. He was also the founder of the California Homeopath, which he established in 1882. Dr. Boericke was one of the board of trustees of Hahnemann Hospital College. He authored the well known Pocket Manual of Materia Medica.