Materia Medica

Liatris Spicata - Serratula

Colic Root

A vasciular stimulant. Increases functioal activity of the skin, mucous membranes. Of use in dropsy due to liver and spleen diseases, also renal dropsy. Here the suppressed urination is most favorably infuenced. General anasarra due to heart and kidney disease. Diarrhrd, with violent urging and pain in lower part of back. Colic. Locally. applied to ulcers and 'unhealthy wounds. A prompt diuretic.

Dose

1 to 4 drams of tincture or infusion.

Source: Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed. by William Boericke (1922), p. 455. Public domain.

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