ACALYPHA INDICA
Keynote / Introductory Description
Marked action on alimentary canal and respiratory organs; haemorrhages with morning aggravation and incipient phthisis.
Modalities
Worse in morning.
Dose / Potency
Third to sixth potency.
Relationship
Compare: Millefolium, Phosphorus, Acetic acid, Kali nit.
Compare
Millefolium, Phosphorus, Acetic acid, Kali nit
Complementary
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Throat
Burning in pharynx and oesophagus.
Stomach
Burning in stomach.
Abdomen
Burning in intestines. Spluttering diarrhoea with forcible expulsion of noisy flatus, bearing down pains and tenesmus. Rumbling distention and griping abdominal pain.
Rectum
Rectal haemorrhage; worse in morning.
Respiratory
Dry, hard, racking cough followed by haemoptysis; worse morning and night. Constant severe chest pain. Blood bright red and scanty in morning; dark and clotted in afternoon.
Heart
Pulse soft and compressible.
Skin
Jaundice. Itching and circumscribed furuncle-like swellings.
General Description
ACALYPHA INDICA
Indian Nettle
A drug having a marked action on the alimentary canal and respiratory organs. It is indicated in incipient phthisis, with hard, racking cough, bloody expectoration, arterial haemorrhage, but no febrile disturbance. Very weak in the morning, gains strength during day. Progressive emaciation. All pathological haemorrhages having notably a morning aggravation.
Chest.--Cough dry, hard, followed by haemoptysis; worse in morning and at night. Constant and severe pain in chest. Blood bright red and not profuse in morning; dark and clotted in afternoon. Pulse soft and compressible. Burning in pharynx, oesophagus, and stomach.
Abdomen.--Burning in intestines. Spluttering diarrhoea with forcible expulsion of noisy flatus, bearing down pains and tenesmus. Rumbling distention, and griping pain in abdomen. Rectal haemorrhage; worse in morning.
Skin.--Jaundice. Itching and circumscribed furuncle-like swellings.
Modalities.--Worse in morning.
Relationship.--Compare: Millefol; Phosphor; Acetic acid; Kali nit.
Dose.--Third to sixth potency.