Senecio Aureus

Where do we find the original provings of this drug ?

In Hale's New Remedies .

What is the drug ?

It is the Squaw weed , and its alkaloid is Senecin .

When should it be gathered, what part is used and how is the tincture prepared ?

The entire fresh plant, gathered when in bloom, is treated in the same manner as described under Eupatorium perfoliatum . The tincture is brownish-orange, sweetish, then slightly bitter taste, and strong acid reaction.

Give its principal use.

In uterine irritation and disorders of menstruation, such as suppressed menses and dysmenorrhoea, with pain and neck of bladder. Profuse mucous discharge takes place of the menses.

Give some indications for Senecio in menstrual suppression.

In young, pallid, weakly girls, whose tendency is towards catarrhal phthisis or dropsical conditions ; there is a dry, hacking cough, with profuse expectoration ; they are sensitive to cold air, always taking cold. In these cases Senecio will often establish the follow and relieve the general catarrhal state.

What is another characteristic of Senecio ?

Tendency to haemorrhage from all the mucous membranes of the body, especially if accompanied with catarrhal conditions, or dropsy from anaemia, in waxy, chlorotic girls, who have a tendency to haemorrhage. Vicarious haemorrhages.