Canchalagua
Boericke - Pocket Manual of Materia Medica · William Boericke · 760 chars · source ↗
General
CANCHALAGUA Erythraea venusta-Centaury
Used extensively as a fever remedy and bitter tonic (Gentiana), antimalarial and antiseptic. Of use in severe type of intermittent fever in hot countries; also, in influenza. Sore, as if bruised all over. Sensation of drops falling from and upon different spots.
Head
Congested. Scalp feels tight; head feels as if bound; burning in eyes; buzzing in ears.
Fever
Chill all over; worse in bed at night.
Sensitive to cold trade-winds on Pacific Coast.
General sore and bruised feeling; nausea and retching.
Skin
Wrinkled like a washer-woman's. Scalp feels tight, as if drawn together by India-rubber.
Dose
Tincture, in drop doses. Must be made from the fresh plant. Its medicinal properties are lost in the dry.