Jalapa
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General EN
Jalapa.
Ipomoea purga (Hayne). Convolvulus purga (Wunderoth). Exogonium purga (Benth.). Jalap. (Mexico). N. O. Convolvulaceae. Trituration of root.
Clinical EN
Anus, soreness of. Coryza. Diarrhoea. Gout. Fainting. Restlessness.
Characteristics EN
Jalap. is the well-known purgative of old-school practice. It has had a short proving by Noack and Trinks, and a later one by Jeanes. The characteristic stools of Jalap. are: Watery, sour-smelling, and bloody. There is cutting colic before and during the stool.
The most marked < is at night. A child may be quite quiet all day, but screams and tosses about all night. In such a case Jalap. is very likely to be the remedy whether the child is suffering from diarrhoea or other complaint. Allen gives this as cured: Coryza in an infant, violent attacks of crying and intense pain; quiet during the day, but screaming all night.
Nash cured with Jalap. 12 a desperate case of entero-colitis in which there was screaming all day as well as all night. With the screaming there were constant contortions of the body, bending forward, backward, and sideways alternately. There is great restlessness and anxiety with Jalap. General coldness and blueness of the face.
The abdominal pain is very severe: "as if the abdomen would be Cut to Pieces"; severe griping, cutting pains. Pain in sigmoid flexure. There is great weakness; fainting fits; excessive uneasiness and tossing about of limbs. There is > of pain by eructations of frothy matter and flatulence.
Relations EN
Compare: Camph. (diarrhoea with coldness); Coloc. (colic). Ir. t. (pain in caecum).
Mind EN
Great restlessness with anxiety.
Head EN
Violent headache.—Pain in head; smarting in skin of forehead.
Ears EN
Humming in ears.
Face EN
Dryness of lips.
Mouth EN
Biting and smarting of tongue.—Stinging on tongue and in fauces.
Stomach EN
Flatulent and frothy eructations with abatement of pain.—Nausea.
Abdomen EN
Pain in r. hypochondrium
Severe griping, cutting pain in bowels, < at night
Pain in middle of abdomen and in region of l. superior flexure of colon
Pain in caecum
Flatulent rumbling in bowels
Colic: violent pain in small intestines, as if abdomen would be cut to pieces
Inflammation of intestines.
Stool And Anus EN
Stools: violent, excessive; bloody; watery, with weak pulse; sour-smelling; with great restlessness and anxiety
Before and during stool: cutting colic
Pain in sigmoid flexure of colon
Soreness of anus
Diarrhoea in infants: child is quiet all day, but screams and tosses about all night (severe cutting, griping pain in bowels)
Infantile diarrhoea, general coldness, blueness of face.
Urinary Organs EN
Pain and pressure in region of bladder.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Thrilling sensation in urethra whilst urinating.
Back EN
Severe pain about superior margin of l. scapula.
Limbs EN
Aching in arms and legs, most r. side.
Lower Limbs EN
Pain in thighs
Smarting on inside edge and at root of l. great toenail, with beat, tearing and pulsation
Pain in large joint of great toe
Burning of soles of feet.
Generalities EN
Fainting fits; weakness.—Excessive uneasiness and tossing about of limbs.
Fever EN
General coldness and blueness of face
Febrile attacks
Great disposition to perspiration of head and superior parts of body.