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Blatta Orientalis
Indian cockroach
BLATTA O · 4 entries across 4 books
PreparationTrituration of live insect. Clarke
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Lowest potencies during an attack. After the spasm, for the remaining cough, use the higher. Stop with improvement to prevent return of aggravationDose · Boericke
Reason for use
Found accidentally to relieve asthma in a patient who took tea in which a beetle had been infused; it has since proved to have a wide range in asthmatic cases (Ray, Hom. Recorder, 1890, p. 254; 1891, p. 193). In the acute attack it acts better in low potencies; the higher being given in the more chronic stages. It is especially suited to corpulent people; and to malarial cases; cases < in rainy weather. Has saved cases in which suffocation was threatened by great accumulation of mucus. Useful in cases of bronchitis and phthisis where there is much dyspnoea.
The full Clarke text, by section
General
Blatta Orientalis.
Indian cockroach. N. O. Orthoptera. Trituration of live insect.
Clinical
Asthma. Bronchitis. Phthisis.
Complete text of the Blatta Orientalis entry in Clarke - Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica; 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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