Materia Medica
Senna
Cassia Acutifolia
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. Ebullitions of blood at night. Acetonaemia, prostration, fainting, constipation with colic a flatulence. 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. Constipation, with colic and flatulence. Liver enlarged and tender, stools hard and dark, with loss appetite, coated tongue, bad taste, and weakness.
Urinary
Specific gravity and density increased; hyperazoturia, oxaluria, phosphaturia, and acetonuria.
Relationships
Compare: Kali carb; Jalapa. Antidotes: Nux; Cham.
Dose
Third to sixth potency.