Prinos verticillatus
Ilex verticillata · Plant · Aquifoliaceae
Prinos Verticillatus is indicated in states requiring profound evacuant action on the bowels, producing profuse greenish diarrhea without pain, followed paradoxically by a feeling of well-being and increased appetite despite marked weight loss.
Key symptoms
- Extremely profuse greenish diarrhea without pain or uneasiness
- Vomiting; acrimony in fauces
- Increased appetite and well-being despite great fluid and weight loss
- Natural stool relieving all sensations
Better (amelioration)
- After natural stool — all sensations relieved
Black Alder. N. O. Aquifoliaceæ. Tincture of the berries. Tincture of fresh bark.
Clinical
Diarrhœa. Fever.
Characteristics
The genus Prinos is very closely, allied to the hollies. "The bark of P. vertic. is bitter, and has been used in the treatment of fever, and in the form of a lotion as an application in cases of gangrene. The berries are tonic and emetic "(Treas. of Bot.). The only recorded experiment with Pri. v., the effects of swallowing twenty berries, bears out the last statement: the effect was to cause vomiting (and also an extremely profuse greenish diarrhœa); increased appetite and tense feeling of well-being in spite of great loss of weight.
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