Cocculus Indicus owes its properties to an active principle called Picrotoxine, this term being derived from two Latin words meaning, when combined, " bitter poison." You will notice by the schedule on the board that I have arranged the symptomatology of the remedy under two heads, first, the nerves, and secondly, the organs in general. ' Cerebro-Spinal. i. Nerves. < Debility. Typhoid. Spasms.