China boliviana
Plant · Rubiaceae
China boliviana presents the main constitutional features of Cinchona officinalis, including debility, flatulence, and sensitiveness, with additional peculiar symptoms of mouth ulceration and rigidity of the neck. Mood alternates between cowardice and gloom to serene states.
Key symptoms
- Ulceration of commissures of the mouth
- Cough with dagger-like pains in base of right lung
- Rigidity of nape of neck causing wry-neck
- Hands red, hot, or cold and sticky
- Sticky sweat about anus
- Flatulence with disturbed and dreamful sleep
- Sensitiveness to touch
- Fits of rage with alternation of bad and good humor
Cinchona Boliviana (a variety of Cinchona calisaya growing further north). N. O. Rubiaceæ. Tincture of bark.
Clinical
Aphthæ. Corns. Coryza. Hands, red. Mouth, commissures ulcerated. Pneumonia. Wry-neck.
Characteristics
China Bol. was proved by Modiedo, and the proving is accepted by Hering. It presents the main features of Chi. off., but some are peculiar and deserve separate mention. Among these are: Ulceration of commissures of mouth. Cough with dagger-like pains in base of right lung. Rigidity of nape of neck. Hands red; hot; or cold and sticky. There is also sticky sweat about anus. Flatulence, disturbed and dreamful sleep, and sensitiveness to touch are common to both.
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