Cephalanthus Occidentalis

Occidentalis

Proving : Cephalanthus Occidentalis

Natural Order : Rubiaceae.

Common Names : Button Bush, Crane Willow.

Preparation : The fresh hark of branches and roots is pounded to a pulp and macerated in two parts by weight of alcohol.

(The item given below was contributed to the American Observer, 1875, by Dr. E. D. Wright )

Proving : One-half ounce in a day.

First day : Raw, sore throat, nervous, excited ; felt light and easy, happy; bowels constipated.

Second day : The same dose. Had dreams about fighting, quarreling ; restlessness and tossing over ; joints of the fingers lame ; griping pains in the lungs (?) ; in body and limbs, especially in the joints ; toothache, bowels loose, stool offensive ; almost affected by the piles.

Cures : Intermittent fever, quotidian and tertian fever ; sore throat, quinsy – had very good effect.

Rheumatic fevers, with soreness of the flesh.

A teamster fell in the river. Cold, and inflammatory fever was cured quickly.

Collected, arranged and edited by Edward Pollock Anshutz : New, Old And Forgotten Remedies. Papers by many writers. Philadelphia, january 2, 1900.

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