Euphorbia Corollata

E. Corollata, Linn.

Natural order , Euphorbiaceae. Common name , Flowering spurge.

Preparation , Tincture and triturations of the root.

Authorities. 1 , Dr. E. M. Hale, N. Am. Journ. of Hom., 11, 49, Dr. Brown took 25 grains of the powdered root; 2 , same, effects of 2 or 3 grains every two or three hours; 3 , same, statement by King (Dispensatory); effects of 15 or 20 grains.

Great anxiety.

Suddenly, with no premonitory symptoms of pain; a distressing sense of deathly nausea set in, accompanied in a few minutes by faintness (after one hour and a half); *then sudden and powerful vomiting of, first the food, etc., in the stomach, then large quantities of water mixed with mucus, then clear fluid like rice-water . In less than a minute after the vomiting commenced, great commotion in the bowels, followed immediately by copious watery evacuations, set in; this simultaneous vomiting and diarrhoea continued for nearly an hour, at short intervals, or intermissions, all the while accompanied by great anxiety, a deathlike sense of faintness and exhaustion, [7] . When given in large doses it is apt to induce inflammation of the mucous coat of the stomach and bowels, with hypercatharsis. It causes distressing nausea with prostration, [8] .

During the height of its action the pulse sank to 40, [1] .

Softness of the pulse, [2] .

General Symptoms.

Languor, [2] . Great weakness, [1] .

Cool skin, covered with beaded sweat, [1] .

Cold hands, feet, and nose, [1] .

Perspiration, [2] . 4 grains given every three hours will act as a diaphoretic, [3] .