Schinus
Schinus molle / Schinus terebinthifolia · Plant · Anacardiaceae
Schinus acts primarily on the gastrointestinal tract and spinal cord. The characteristic progression is painful vomiting followed by painless diarrhea. A peculiar drawing sensation in the spinal cord and cerebellum distinguishes this remedy from other gastrointestinal agents.
Key symptoms
- Long-continued vomiting as if all the bowels would be emptied out
- Painful vomiting followed by painless diarrhea
- Heartburn with dryness of the esophagus
- Rolling and flatulence in the bowels with griping in the liver
- Drawing sensation in the spinal cord and cerebellum
- Profuse diarrhea continuing all night
Schinus molle. N. O. Anacardiaceæ. Tincture of the berries. Tincture of leaves and berries.
Clinical
Diarrhœa. Liver, griping pain in. Œsophagus, dryness of. Spinal cord, drawing in. Vomiting.
Characteristics
Allen says Schinus is an evergreen shrub, native of Mexico and South America, and frequently cultivated in Southern California under the names "Pepper tree" and "Chili pepper." The symptoms were observed by Dr. P. W. Poulson on a young lady who ate a few berries after dinner, and on himself. Poulson ate leaves as well as berries, and he had heartburn, griping in liver, and "a kind of drawing sensation as in the spinal cord and cerebellum."
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