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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
The full Hering text, by section
General
ELATERIUM. [Elat.] Squiring Cucumber. Cucurbitaceae.
Nausea And Vomiting
► Nausea ; vomiting of a watery substance, or of greenish, bilious matter, with great weakness.
Abdomen
► Cutting, griping, pains in the bowels.
Stool, Etc
► Copious, liquid, frothy or of an olive-green color.
Lower Limbs
► Shooting, also dull, aching pains in the course of the left sciatic nerve to the instep and toes.
Tissues
► Causes profuse, watery serum to flow from mucous membranes, especially from the intestinal and gastric.
Relationship
► Compare : Croton tig. (collateral relation), Secale (olive-green diarrhoea), Vertr. alb., Colchic. (cholera-like symptoms).
Complete text of the Elaterium Officinarum entry in Hering - Condensed 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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