General [General]
Unwholesome food, cold, purgative medicines, are the most frequent causes of this state.
REMEDIES: Bryonia, Arsenicum, Sulphur, Chamomilla, Pulsatilla, Dulcamara, China, Carbo vegetabilis and Colocynthis.
Bryonia [Bry]
Bryonia, if there is alternately diarrhoea and constipation, or if brought on by sudden changes of temperature, especially from heat to cold.
Dose. Six drops or eight globules every three or four hours.
Arsenicum [Ars]
Arsenicum, if it is the result of green or unwholesome food, and the discharges are watery with or without pain.
Dose. The same as directed for Bryonia.
Sulphur [Sulph]
Sulphur and Arsenicum may be given in alternation if the evacuations are bloody and very offensive, also in chronic case.
Dose. The same as directed for Bryonia.
Carbo vegetabilis [Carb-v]
Carbo vegetabilis, if the discharges are very offensive and approach putridity.
Dose. Six drops or eight globules every four or six hours.
Chamomilla [Cham]
Chamomilla, if there is swelling of the abdomen, evacuations greenish, and the animal is restless.
Dose. The same as directed for Bryonia.
Pulsatilla [Puls]
Pulsatilla, if the evacuations are frequent and full of air bubbles, flatulent state of the bowels, aversion to food.
Dose. Six drops or eight globules three or four times a day.
Dulcamara [Dulc]
Dulcamara, especially in summer, if it has brought on by taking cold after getting wet, and the evacuations are watery accompanied with colic.
Dose. The same as directed for Pulsatilla.
China [Chin]
China, if the diarrhoea is of an intermittent character.
Dose. The same as the preceding remedy.
Colocynthis [Coloc]
Colocynthis, if approaching dysentery, with colic, and the evacuations consist of slime and blood.
Dose. Six drops every one, two or three hours, according to the violence of the case.
