Common Names : Milk Weed, Wild Ipecac, Blooming or Flowering Spurge. Preparation :The fresh root is pounded to, a pulp and macerated in two parts by weight of alcohol. In North American Journal of Homeopathy, Dr. E. M. Hale has among other things, the following to say of this drug : Its action on the system is intense and peculiar. It is called by the country people by the expressive name of Coquick , referring to its quick and prompt action. I am indebted to, Dr. A. R. Brown , of Litchfield, Mich., for many interesting facts relating to its action. It is considered, by those who use it, as the most powerful " revulsive agent " in their Materia Medica, in all cases of local congestion, especially of the lungs and head ; also in inflammation of the pleura, lungs, and liver, and is used as a substitute for bleeding and Calomel . Its admirers alleged that it will certainly arrest the progress of the above affections in a few hours, and break up all simple fevers. This is of course erroneous, but it reminds one of the Helleborine of the ancients, so graphically described by Hahnemann . In fact no drug with which I am acquainted so much resembles the Veratrum album . Collected, arranged and edited by Edward Pollock Anshutz : New, Old And Forgotten Remedies. Papers by many writers. Philadelphia, january, 1900. Numérisation, reconnaissance, vérification, arrangement et publication : Dr Robert Séror (MD)