Materia Medica

Quassia

Quassia-wood

Acts on gastric organs as a tonic. [Gentian; Hydr.] Seems to possess marked action on eyes, producing am- blyopia and cataract.

Stomach

Atonic dyspepsia, with gas and acidity. Heartburn and gastralgia. Regurgitation of food. Ab- domen feels empty and retracted.

Urinary

Excessive desire — impossible to retain urine; copious micturition day and night. As soon as the child wakes up the bed is drenched.

Extremities

Inclination to yawn and stretch. [Rhus.] Sensation of coldness over back. Prostration, with hunger. Cold extremities, with sensation of in- ternal coldness. [Heloderma.]

Dose

First to third potency.

Source: Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 8th ed. by William Boericke (1922), p. 618. Public domain.

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