ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS
Keynote / Introductory Description
Useful in malarial diarrhoea, dysentery, anaemia and feeble digestion with debility and sinking abdominal sensation.
Modalities
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Dose / Potency
Tincture to third potency. Locally for ulcers and rheumatic pains.
Relationship
Compare: Alstonia constricta, Cinchona, Hydrastis, Ferrum citricum et china. Ditain is anti-periodic like quinine.
Compare
Alstonia constricta, Cinchona, Hydrastis, Ferrum citricum et china
Complementary
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Stomach
Gone sensation in stomach with debility and weak digestion.
Abdomen
Violent purging and bowel cramps. Heat and irritation in lower bowels. Diarrhoea from malaria and bad water. Dysentery and bloody stools.
Rectum
Camp diarrhoea, painless watery stools and diarrhoea immediately after eating.
Fever
Tonic after exhausting fevers and malarial states.
General Description
ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS
Dita Bark
Malarial diseases, with diarrhoea, dysentery, anaemia, feeble digestion, are the general conditions suggesting this remedy. Characteristics are the gone sensation in stomach and sinking in abdomen, with debility. A tonic after exhausting fevers.
Abdomen.--Violent purging and cramp in bowels. Heat and irritation in lower bowels. Camp diarrhoea, bloody stool, dysentery; diarrhoea from bad water and malaria. Painless watery stools. Diarrhoea immediately after eating.
Relationship.--Compare: Similar to Alstonia constricta, the bitter bark or native quinine of Australia. Ditain is anti-periodic like quinine without unpleasant effects. Cinchona, Hydrastis, Ferrum citricum et china.
Dose.--Tincture to third potency. Locally for ulcers and rheumatic pains.