Jalapa


Dr. S.R. Phatak describes the clinically confirmed symptoms of the homeopathic remedy Jalapa in his Concise Materia Medica, published in 1977….


Generalities

      It is a powerful purgative, hence it affects intestines and stomach. Child is good all day, but screams and tosses about all night; or child may be troublesome and restless day and night; with any complaint. Colic. Stools; watery, muddy or sour; bloody. Infantile diarrhoea, with general coldness, blueness of face.

Worse

      Night. Eructations.

Related

      Coloc.

S.R. Phatak
A pioneer of Homoeopathy in Maharashtra, Dr Shankar Raghunath Phatak was born on 6th September, 1896. He did his MBBS from Grant Medical College, in 1924. Started his practice but somehow not satisfied with Allopathic Treatment.

He was convinced about Homoeopathy while going through Sir William Osler's writings on 'History of Medicine' so switched over to an entirely Homoeopathic Practice in 1932. He also started working on Homoeopathic literature along with his Practice.

He has contributed immensely to homoeopathic literature. He was an ardent follower of Dr Boger. His Repertory is based on Boger's ''A Synoptic key to Materia Medica'.