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Apocynum Cannabinum

Indian (American) Hemp
APOC · 14 entries across 14 books
Apocynum Cannabinum
HabitatAmerican. Preparationtinctures, or fresh or powdered root-tinctures or infusions. infusions (with just enough spirit to keep them from fermenting) are said to be more efficacious than tinctures. tincture or infusion. Clarke
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Tincture (ten drops three times daily) and in acute alcoholism 1 dram of decoction in 4 oz waterDose · Boericke

Reason for use

Excretions diminished, especially urine and sweat. Dropsy of serous membranes; acute, inflammatory. Dropsy: with thirst (Acet. ac.), water disagrees or is vomited (Ars.); most cases uncomplicated with organic diseases; after typhus, typhoid, scarlatina, cirrhosis; after abuse of quinine. Acute hydrocephalus, with open sutures; stupor, sight of one eye lost; constant and voluntary motion of one arm and one leg (left arm and leg, Bry.); forehead projected. Amenorrhoea in young girls, with bloating or dropsical extension of abdomen and extremities. Metorrhagia: continued or paroxysmal flow; fluid or clotted; nausea, vomiting, palpitation; pulse quick, feeble, when moved; vital depression, fainting, when raising head from pillow. Cough, short and dry, or deep and loose, during pregnancy (Con.).

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Relations

Similar: to, Acetic Acid, Apis (no thirst), Ars., Cinch., Dig., in dropsical affections. Blatta orientalis has cured bad cases of general dropsy, after Apis, Apoc. and Dig. failed. - Haynes.

Complete text of the Apocynum Cannabinum entry in Allen - Keynotes of Leading Remedies; origin and preparation from Clarke. Historical text from the classical materia medica (1828–1950). Not medical advice, and not a claim that any remedy works.
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14 entries across 14 books · abbreviations: APOC · Family: Apocynaceae

Remedies said to end or reduce the action of Apocynum Cannabinum, for example if it has caused an unwanted reaction. What is an antidote?

Antidoted bySulphur Farrington

Entries

1 Boericke

APOCYNUM CANNABINUM · William Boericke · 2,691 chars

2 Kent

Apocynum cannabinum · James Tyler Kent · 16,984 chars

3 Clarke

Apocynum Cannabinum · John Henry Clarke · 6,089 chars

4 Hering

Apocynum Cannabinum · Constantine Hering · 12,654 chars

5 Allen · shown above

Apocynum Cannabinum · Henry C. Allen · 1,055 chars

7 Hering

APOCYNUM CANNABINUM · Constantine Hering · 4,048 chars

9 Farrington

Apocynum Cannabinum · Ernest Albert Farrington · 9,555 chars

14 T. F. Allen

APOCYNUM CANNABINUM · Timothy Field Allen · 24,447 chars

16 Guernsey

APOCYNUM CANNABINUM · Henry Newell Guernsey · 2,153 chars

17 Cowperthwaite

APOCYNUM CANNABINUM · Allen Corson Cowperthwaite · 2,095 chars

18 Dewey

Apocynum Cannabinum · Willis Alonzo Dewey · 1,086 chars

21 Hale

Apocynum Cannabinum · Edwin Moses Hale · 8,659 chars

22 Roberts

Apocynum cannabinum · Herbert Alfred Roberts · 934 chars

23 T. F. Allen

APOCYNUM CANNAB · Timothy Field Allen · 1,060 chars

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  1. An integrative therapeutic approach to elephantiasis nostras verrucosa: A case reportNwabudike LC, Buzia O, Elisei AM et al. · Experimental and therapeutic medicine · 2022 · Case Reports · doi
  2. [Contributions to an additional edition for the homoeopathic pharmacopeia. VI. Apocynum and apocynum androsaemifolium]SCHINDLER H · Arzneimittel-Forschung · 1951

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