Materia Medica
Ricinus Communis
Castor-oil
Has marked action on gastro-intestinal tract. In- creases the quantity of milk in nursing women. Vomit- ing and purging. Languor and weakness.
Head
Vertigo, occipital pain, congestive symp-
Stomach
Anorexia with great thirst, burning in stomach, pyrosis, nausea, profuse vomiting, pit of stomach sensitive. Mouth dry.
Abdomen
Rumbling with h contraction of recti muscles, colic, incessant diarrhoea with purging. Rice water stools witli cramps and chilliness.
Stool
Loose, incessant, painless, with painful cramps in muscles of extremities. Anus inflamed. Stools green, slimy, and bloody. Fever, emaciation, somnolence.
Relationships
Compare: Rcsorcin (summer com- plaint with vomiting); Cholos tcrrapina (cramps of muscles). Ars.: Verat.
Dose
Third potency. Five drops every four hours for increasing flow of milk; also locally a poultice of the leaves.