Muriate of Hydrastia. C21 H21 NO6 NCl.
Clinical
Cancer. *Mouth, ulcer of. *Ozaena. Ulcer.
Characteristics
This is the first alkaloid of *Hydrastis* that was isolated. Hale commends it as excellent for local applications, in the strength of about ten grains to eight ounces, stronger or weaker according to sensitiveness, in cases of aphthous sore mouth, ulcers (malignant or simple), ozaena, and generally in cases for which *Hydrastis is being given internally. The alkaloids of *Hydrastis deserve separate proving. Old school practitioners have used this salt largely as an internal remedy in uterine haemorrhage.
John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica