Jatropha
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General EN
Jatropha.
Jatropha curcas. Physic nut. (West Indies.) N. O. Euphorbiaceae. Tincture and trituration of seeds.
Clinical EN
Blepharospasm. Borborygmi Cholera. Cholerine. Cramps. Diarrhoea. Eyelids, margins of, inflamed. Heels, sensitive. Mouth, ulceration of. Skin, affections of. Vomiting. Worms.
Characteristics EN
Jatropha is one of the most active of the Euphorbians and strongly resembles Croton in its action, especially in the urgent gushing stools and the irritation and pimples of the skin. One of the most notable characteristics of Jatropha is the very marked and peculiar gurgling it causes: "Much noise in abdomen as if a bottle was being emptied, followed later by a thin stool." "Sudden desire for stool, and constant noises as of liquids in abdomen, especially on left side." The diarrhoea is very often associated with coldness; with mottled blue surface; with cold sweat.
At times the purging is accompanied by copious (and easy) vomiting of watery albuminous ropy liquid. Sudden desire for stool is marked. Water is almost immediately vomited. It corresponds more to the earlier than the collapse stage of cholera.
Cramps are predominant; griping cutting pains; sensation as if balls were rolling together in abdomen. The patient writhes about in bed with pain. Kent (H. P., vi. 355) describes the sphere of Jatr. in cholera thus: "The characteristic is a rice-water discharge; it has vomiting and purging; more or less sweat; more or less cramps; suppression of urine, the great prostration, syncope and rapid onset peculiar to cholera; and it has this to differentiate it from all other remedies—the vomit and purging and evacuations are thick, albuminous, lumpy, instead of thin and watery." Walking in open air < rumbling; = pain in heels;
> headache. Open air > headache; = rumbling. In room, headache <. Patient seeks to cool himself by throwing off covers and lying on ground.
Touch and pressure <. At night: mouth dry; itching between toes. After midnight: profuse watery diarrhoea. In morning: stools < headache; metallic, bloody taste; much spitting of saliva.
Summer diarrhoea, occurring suddenly.
Relations EN
Antidote to its effects: placing hands in cold water. Compare: Euphorbiaceae, especially Croton, Euphorb. coroll. In cholera, Verat. (Verat. has more pain and more pronounced collapse; it has not the albuminous vomiting of Jatr. nor so much rumbling). Ars. (vomits water as soon as drunk). Elat. (gushing, noisy stools). Jatropha urens.
Mind EN
Depression
Great anxiety
Anxiety with burning pain in stomach and coldness of the body
Attacks of anxiety at night constricting chest and preventing sleep till morning
Quietude of mind; indifference to pain
Great general prostration of strength
Ecstasy, feeling of lively warmth, etherial lightness during the painful diarrhoea.
Head EN
Giddiness, followed by unconsciousness and delirium
Heat and heaviness of the head
Head hot; stupefaction, with yawning and nausea
Heat in head, face, and ears
Headache, with nausea and vomiturition beginning in the morning
Violent pressing pain in the temples, ceasing in open air and reappearing when entering a room
Stiffness of muscles on forehead and neck.
Eyes EN
Itching and smarting of margins of lids
Twitching of l. upper lid
Bright and dark spots before eyes
Black points before eyes.
Ears EN
Burning hot ears, with heat in the back part of the head.
Nose EN
Itching of the nose while eating.—Ulcers in the nose (and mouth).
Face EN
Hot face and head; chilliness in the back
Pate face with blue margins round eyes
Painful cracked lips.
Mouth EN
Metallic, bloody taste, with much spitting of saliva (in the morning)
Increased accumulation of thin saliva
Long-continued pain and burning of the tongue
Numbness of tongue, with heat and dryness of mouth
Dryness of mouth and tongue, without thirst (at night); mouth feels as if scalded.
Throat EN
Dryness in fauces and throat
Burning in the mouth and throat, followed by dryness
Spasmodic constriction in throat, ascending from stomach.
Stomach EN
Violent, unquenchable thirst, not satisfied by drinking water
Dreads to drink on account of nausea
Eructations of air
Vomiting of a large mass of dark-green bile
Glass of water almost immediately vomited
Easy vomiting of large quantities of watery, albuminous substances; at same time watery diarrhoea, with spasmodically contracting pains in the stomach, burning in the stomach, cramps in the calves; coldness of body; viscid sweat (cholerine)
Vomiting of pregnant women
Heat and burning in the stomach
Inflammation of the stomach and of the intestines
Sensation of sinking, with nausea in the pit of the stomach
Persistent dull pressure in stomach.
Abdomen EN
Pain deep in abdomen, behind the navel
Abdomen swollen, and sore to the touch
Sensation as if balls were rolling together in abdomen
Lancinating, stinging pain with the colic
Burning in abdomen; seeks to cool himself by throwing off covering and lying on ground
Painful thrusts from umbilicus to lumbar region
Tympanites
Rumbling in the abdomen with colic;
> when walking in the open air
Noise like the gurgling of water coming out of the bung-hole of a barrel during the fecal discharge
Noise in the intestines, as if a bottle were emptied, or as if a fluid were running in the intestines; not > by a loose stool.
Stool And Anus EN
Sudden desire for stool, and constant noises as of liquids in abdomen, esp. l. side
Watery diarrhoea; it gushes from him like a torrent
First stage of cholera, before collapse
Very copious mushy stools with quantities of lumbrici and threadworms
Stool watery and in gushes
Stools like rice-water
Profuse watery diarrhoea, from a cold, weakening patient greatly
Constipation
Stitches in anus and rectum.
Urinary Organs EN
Frequent desire to urinate; urine, pale yellow, frothy.
Male Sexual Organs EN
Aching in genitals as after excessive sexual intercourse.—Drawing in genitals, extending along inner side r. thigh to navel.
Female Sexual Organs EN
Vomiting of pregnancy.
Respiratory Organs EN
Painful pressure r. side of larynx, at night, waking him, not < by touch
Short, hacking, persistent cough
Hollow cough
Respiration quick, panting
Respiration difficult.
Chest EN
Pain in region of l. 3rd rib inside nipple
Constriction in chest with anxiety, preventing sleep
Violent (aching) pain in l. clavicle
Pressure in l. pectoral muscles; later in r
Frequent, sudden, violent stitches to l. of ensiform cartilage, behind the costal cartilages, which arrest the breathing
Frequent stitches behind the cartilages of the 6th and 7th ribs
Sticking, from above downwards, deep in chest behind sternum.
Heart EN
Feeling of sinking and nausea in the precordial region, followed by soft stool
Violent palpitation, shaking the chest, when moving slowly about the room
Pulse: irregular; small, thready, intermittent; greatly slowed
Almost pulseless.
Neck And Back EN
Stiffness of muscles of nape of neck; and forehead
Bruised feeling in muscles of back and chest
Stiffness in lumbar region.
Limbs EN
Muscles of limbs contracted by violent spasms.—Pains in limbs and joints.
Upper Limbs EN
Cramps in muscles of (upper) arms.
Lower Limbs EN
Cramps in calves.
(Cholera.)
Cramp-like pains in the legs, with cramps and knotting of the calves
Violent cramps in legs and feet
Tingling in the toes
Itching between the toes at night
The heels are very sensitive when walking on them.
Generalities EN
Convulsions.—General coldness of the body.—Extreme weariness and sleepiness.—Prostration, with frequent and weak pulse; < by slightest exertion.—More susceptible than usual to wine.
Skin EN
Pimples: on wrist; back of hand; cheek; back of neck bend of r. thigh
Itching and slight tension round mouth
Itching: between fingers; in palm; between toes in bed at night; first <, then > by rubbing.
Sleep EN
Excessive drowsiness
Restlessness at night on account of rush of thought and palpitation
Attacks of anxiety at night did not permit sleep.
Fever EN
Chilliness in the back, with heat in the face and head
Chilliness, with cold hands and blue nails
Coldness of the whole body; mottled blue; chilliness and clammy perspiration
Cold hands, with heat in the mouth and throat
Heat in head, face, and ears
General cold, clammy perspiration.