Cascarilla
Croton eluteria · Plant · Euphorbiaceae
Cascarilla acts prominently on the digestive tract with characteristic sensation of hot water undulating in the abdomen and relief from warm drinks. It has marked haemorrhagic tendencies, passing bright blood from rectum in large quantities, and may cause haemoptysis. Lassitude and muscular weakness are prominent throughout. It resembles Chinchona in effects of blood loss and intermittent fever, and Graphites in passing mucus with stools.
Key symptoms
- Aversion to the smell of tobacco smoke
- Hunger after meals with feeling of emptiness
- Constipation with hard stools in pieces covered with mucus
- Discharge of bright blood from rectum in large quantities causing weakness
- Movement in abdomen as if hot water undulating there
- Abdominal symptoms better from warm drinks
- Short dry cough from tickling in trachea; haemoptysis
Better (amelioration)
- Warm drinks (abdominal symptoms)
Sweet Bark
Acts on the digestive tract; constipation. Aversion to smell of tobacco. Inclination to vomit very marked.
Stomach
Hunger after meals. Desire for hot drinks. Nausea and vomiting. Pain in stomach as from a shock. Pressing colic.
Rectum
Constipation; stools hard, covered with mucus (Graph). Bright blood with stool. Diarrhœa alternating with hard, lumpy stool, with backache and lassitude, preceded by griping. Gnawing pain high up in rectum.
Dose
First to third potency.
Croton eleuteria. N. O. Euphorbiaceæ. Tincture of bark.
Clinical
Anæmia. Anus, bleeding from. Constipation. Cough. Diarrhœa. Dropsy. Hæmoptysis. Hæmorrhages. Intermittents.
Characteristics
Cascarilla has a family resemblance to the other Euphorbians. It acts prominently on the digestive tract. Its leading symptoms are: Sensation of swelling deep down in throat. Accumulation of mucus in throat. Hunger after meals and feeling of emptiness. Aversion to smell of tobacco smoke. The concussion of every step is felt painfully in stomach. Griping preceding morning stool. The abdominal symptoms are > by warm drinks. Movings about in abdomen as if hot water undulating there. Boils in inguinal region. Diarrhœa with backache and lassitude. Lassitude and muscular weakness are marked throughout. Constant slight urging with gnawing pain high up in rectum. Constipation, stools hard, in pieces, covered with mucus. Passes bright blood with or without stool, in large quantities, causing weakness. Short, dry cough from tickling …
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