Spanish Fly.
CHARACTERISTICS.
Nephritis with bloody urine. Chronic catarrhal nephritis. Vesical catarrh. Frequent very painful urination. Intolerable tenesmus. Mucus, blood and even pus in the urine. Frequent, painful urination with priapism in gonorrhoea.
TOXIC EFFECTS.
Inflammation of the gastro-intestinal tract with mucous, fibrinous and bloody exudation. Spasm, coma and death may supervene. Burning pain in the kidneys with haemorrhage and desquamative nephritis. The urine is scanty and albuminous.1. Strangury and burning pain in the bladder. Frequent and painful urination. The mucous membrane is inflamed with mucous, fibrinous and bloody exudation. Priapism.2.
DOSE.
Tinctura cantharidis, 1/2-10 m.
The half minim dose or the first decimal dilution at frequent intervals gives the best results.
THERAPEUTIC USES.
Painful micturition with inability to hold the urine.2.
Frequent desire to pass urine. Escape of urine upon coughing or straining.2. (One or two drops of the tincture three or four times per day).
Vesical catarrh. Frequent very painful urination. Intolerable tenesmus. Mucous, blood and even pus in the urine.2.
Gonorrhoea, frequent, painful urination with priapism.2.
Chronic catarrhal nephritis.1. (One-half to one drop doses every two or three hours).
Nephritis, following the acute stage, with small quantity of albuminous bloody urine.1.
Nephritis with bloody urine.1. (One to three drops of the tincture every three hours),.
