Is another remedy which, like JALAPA., has been abused by the school, but is very valuable when used HOM., The leading indication is SOUR STOOLS. They may be brown mixed with mucus, or thin and pasty. There is often much PAIN BEFORE THE STOOL, of a colicky nature, and there may be tenesmus after stool. It is most useful in colicky diarrhoea of children. There is another very characteristic symptom, viz., “Not only the stools are sour; THE WHOLE BODY SMELLS SOUR, no matter how much it is bathed.” In colic and diarrhoea during dentition a choice will sometimes have to be made between this remedy and MAG-C.,.
Dr. E.B. Nash 1838- 1917, was considered one of our finest homeopaths and teachers. He was Prof. of Materia Medica at the N.Y. Homoeopathic Medical College and President of International Hahnemannian Assoc. His book Leaders in Homoeopathic Therapeutics is a classic. This article is from: :The Medical Advance - A monthly magazine of homoeopathic medicine - edited and published by H.C. Allen, M. D.