Angophora
Clarke - Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica · John Henry Clarke · 676 chars · source ↗
General
Angophora.
Angophora lanceolata. Metrosideros costatus. Red Gum. (Australian bush.) N. O. Myrtaceae. Tincture or trituration of dried sap or gum.
Clinical
Constipation. Dysentery.
Characteristics
Proved by F. Kopp, Angophora (which resembles Eucalyptus in appearance) produces the following symptoms: Bearing-down and constant inclination to stool. Dry, hard evacuations, accompanied with blood; diarrhoea, headache, nausea, flatulent distension, and colicky pains. For nearly a week there was obstinate constipation; then nausea, sickness and diarrhoea, with vertigo and debility. Pains and tenesmus only > by lying down flat on the face.
Relations
Antidoted by: Ipec.