ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS - HOMOEOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA

HOMOPATHIC MATERIA MEDICA
by William BOERICKE, M.D.
Presented by modd

ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS
Dita Bark

Malarial diseases, with diarrha, dysentery, anæmia, feeble digestion, are the general conditions suggesting this remedy. Characteristics are the gone sensation in stomach and sinking in abdomen, with debility. A tonic after exhausting fevers.

Abdomen.--

Violent purging and cramp in bowels. Heat and irritation in lower bowels. Camp diarrha, bloody stool, dysentery; diarrha from bad water and malaria. Painless watery stools (Phosph ac). Diarrha immediately after eating.

Relationship.--

Compare: Similar in action to Alstonia constricta, the bitter bark or native quinine of Australia. Ditain (active principle, is anti-periodic, like quinine, but without unpleasant effects). Cinchona (similar in diarrha, chronic dyspepsia and debility). Hydrastis; Fer cit et chin.

Dose.--

Tincture to third potency. Locally, for ulcers and rheumatic pains.

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