Materia Medica
Senna
Cassia Acutifolia
Is of much use in infantile colics when the child seems to be full of wind. Oxaluria, with excess of urea; increased specific gravity. Where the system is broken down, bowels constipated, muscular weakness, and waste of nitrogenous materials, Senna will act as a tonic. 1 Ebullitions of blood at night. Acetonemia, prostration, fainting, constipation with colic and flatu- lence. Liver enlarged and tender.
Stool
Fluid yellowish, with pinching pains before. Greenish mucus; never-get-done sensation. [Merc.] Burning in rectum, with strangury of bladder. Consti- pation, with colic and flatulence. Liver enlarged and tender, stools hard and dark, with loss of appetite, coated tongue, bad taste, and weakness. Urine. - Density increased ; hyperazoturia, oxaluria, phosphaturia, and acetonuria.
Relationships
Compare : Kali carb.; Jalapa. Antidotes: Nux; Cham.
Dose
Third to sixth potency.