Acalypha Indica


Symptoms of the homeopathic remedy Acalypha Indica from the Guiding Symptoms of our Materia Medica by Constantine Hering, a ten volumes comprehensive record of confirmed symptoms, published in 1879….


     Acalypha Indica Linn. Euphorbiacea.

     A weed common in the East Indies, like nettle. Proved and applied by Tonnere, of Calcutta, and Payne, of Bath. Holcombe’s cure.

MIND.


Gloomy and despairing, but very unwilling to die. θ Hamoptysis.
Leucorrhoea, sometimes thick, sometimes watery.
θ Consumptive patient.

COUGH.


Cough, with bloody expectoration. θ Tuberculosis.
Violent dry cough, followed by bloody expectoration.
Hamoptysis.
Hamoptysis : expectorates pure blood in morning, dark lumps (clotted) in evening. Cough most violent at night. θ Tubercular deposits in apex of lung.
  

INNER CHEST AND LUNGS.


Dulness in chest on percussion. θ Hamoptysis.
Constant and severe pain in chest.
θ Hamoptysis.

HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION.


Pulse small and depressed.
Pulse from 100 to 120. θ Hamoptysis.
  

TIME.


Night : cough most violent.
Morning : expectorates pure blood.
Evening : expectorates dark clotted blood.
  

FEVER.


Slow fever.
  

TISSUES.


Progressive emaciation. θ Hamoptysis.

RELATIONS.


Collaterally related to all Euphorbiacea ; especially to Mercurialis annua and Mancin.

NOTE:
PLAIN TEXT : LOWEST & DESIGNATES AN OCCASIONALLY CONFIRMED SYMPTOMS;
Plain blue: MORE FREQUENTLY CONFIRMED;
BOLD BLUE : SYMPTOMS VERIFIED BY CURES;
BOLD RED : REPEATEDLY VERIFIED;
$BOLD ITALIC RED$ : AN APPROVED CHARACTERISTIC;
θ : STANDS BETWEEN CURED SYMPTOM & PATHOLOGICAL CONDITION;
** : OBSERVED FROM OLD SCHOOL OR NEW SCHOOL;
toxic : Toxicology;
r : Right;
l : Left;
< : Increased or aggravation;
> : Decrease or amelioration;
^^ : Symptoms observed only on the sick

C. Hering
Hering got the degree of M. D. from the University of Wuezburg with highest honours. The theme of his thesis was "De'Medicina Futura" (The medicine of future). Hering left Germany for West Indies and finally arrived at Philadelphia in Jan, 1833. He established a homeopathic school at Allentown, Pennsylvania, commonly known as "Allentown Academy". Soon he became very popular as a physician. He is known as the 'Father of Homeopathy' in America.

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