Ipomoea purga (Hayne). Convolvulus purga (Winderoth). Exogonium purga (Benth). Jalap. (Mexico). *N. O. Convolvulacae. Trituration of root.
Clinical
Anus, soreness of. Coryza. Diarrhoea. Gout. Fainting. Restlessness.
Characteristics
*Jalap. the well known purgative of old school practice. It has had a short proving by Noack and Trinks, and a later one by Jeanes. The characteristic stools of *Jalap. are: watery, sour smelling and bloody. There is cutting colic before and during the stool. The most marked worse is at night. A child may be quite quiet all day, but *screams and tossed about all night. In such a case *Jalap. is very likely to be the remedy whether the child is suffering from diarrhoea or other complaint. Allen gives this as cured: Coryza in an infant, violent attacks of crying and intense pain, quiet during the day, but screaming all night. Nash cured with *Jalap. 12 a desperate case of enterocolitis in which there was a screaming all day as well as all night. With the screaming
there were constant contortions of the body, bending forward, backward, and sideways alternately. There is great restlessness and anxiety with *Jalap. General coldness and blueness of the face. The abdominal pain is very severe: ” as if the abdomen would be cut to pieces,” severe griping, cutting pains. Pain in sigmoid flexure. There is great weakness, fainting fits, excessive uneasiness and tossing about of limbs. There is better of pain by eructations of frothy matter and flatulence.
Relations
*Compare: Camph. (diarrhoea with coldness), Coloc. (colic). Ir-t (pain in caecum).
SYMPTOMS.
Mind
Great restlessness with anxiety.
Head
Violent headache. Pain in head, smarting in skin of forehead.
Ears
Humming in ears.
Face
Dryness of lips.
Mouth
Biting and smarting of tongue. Stinging on tongue and in fauces.
Stomach
Flatulent and frothy eructations with abatement of pain. Nausea.
Abdomen
Pain in right hypochondrium. Severe griping, cutting pain in bowels, worse at night. Pain in middle of abdomen and in region of left superior flexure of colon. Pain in caecum. Flatulent rumbling in bowels. Colic: violent pain in small intestines, as if abdomen would be cut to pieces. Inflammation of intestines.
Stool
Stools: violent, excessive, bloody, watery, with weak pulse, sour smelling, with great restlessness and anxiety. Before and during stool: cutting colic. Pain in sigmoid flexure of colon. Soreness of anus. Diarrhoea in infants: child is quiet all day, but screams and tosses about all night (severe cutting, griping pain in bowels). Infantile diarrhoea, general coldness, blueness of face.
Urinary Organs
Pain and pressure in region of bladder.
Male Sexual Organs
Thrilling sensation in urethra while urinating.
Back
Severe pain about superior margin of left scapula.
Limbs.
Aching in arms and legs, most right side.
Lower Limbs
Pain in thighs. Smarting on inside edge and at root of left great toenail, with heat, tearing, and pulsation. Pain large joint of great toe. Burning of soles of feet.
Generalities
Fainting fits, weakness. Excessive uneasiness and tossing about of limbs.
Fever
General coldness and blueness of face. Febrile attacks. Great disposition to perspiration of head and superior parts of body.
