BAPTISIA TINCTORIA


Clarke gives the toxic effects of homeopathy drug Baptisia Tinctoria and its therapeutic uses in non-toxic doses in his book The ABC Manual of Materia Medica and Therapeutics, published in 1901….


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CHARACTERISTICS.

      Gastro-intestinal inflammation where there is a tendency toward putridity or gangrene. Typhoid fever with loose evacuations, tenderness and distention of the abdomen. Epidemic dysentery.

TOXIC EFFECTS.

      Soreness of the body. Gastro-intestinal inflammation, abdominal tenderness and diarrhoea.1.

DOSE.

      Extractum Baptisiae, I-10 gr.The tincture is not officinal, but is effective in doses of form the second decimal dilution to one drop every hour or two, as required.

THERAPEUTIC USES.

      Aphthae.1. (Locally and internally).Gangrenous sore mouth.1. (Locally and internally).

Epidemic dysentery.1.

Typhoid fever: loose evacuations, tenderness and distention of the abdomen.1. (The first decimal dilution or one drop doses of the tincture).

Soreness of the body.1.

George Hardy Clark
Clark, George H. (George Hardy) 1860-1941 was the author of: Homeopathic Treatment of Asthenopia; Lee and Clark's Cough and expectoration : a repertorial index of their symptoms; The A B C Manual of Materia Medica and Therapeutics; A system for the care and training of children; The Black Plague and Its Control.