Plant · Cucurbitaceae · simple
Elaterium Officinarum
Ecballium elaterium
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PreparationTincture of unripe fruit. Trituration of Elaterinum, C20 H28 O5. Clarke
3X–30X
Third to thirtieth potency. As a hydragogue cathartic to produce free discharge in dropsies, Elaterin 1-20 of a grain. Palliative onlyDose · Boericke
Reason for use
Chills and fever, when the chill comes on with excessive yawning and stretching; the yawning and stretching lasting all through the chill. Squirting diarrhoea; olive-green. Some forms of dropsy.
Complete text of the Elaterium Officinarum entry in Guernsey - Key-notes to the 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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