Author:
William Boericke
Book:
Boericke
Type:
Remedy
Chapter:
Leptandra virginican
Leptandra virginica
A liver remedy, with jaundice and black, tarry stools. Bilious states. Enfeebled portal circulation. Malarial conditions.
Head: Dull frontal pain; vertigo, drowsiness, and depression. Smarting and aching in eyes.
Stomach: Tongue coated yellow. Great distress in stomach and intestines, with desire for stool. Aching in region of liver extending to spine, which feels chilly.
Stool: Profuse black, fetid stools, with pain at umbilicus. Bleeding piles. Typhoid stools turn black and look like tar. Clay colored stools with jaundice. Prolapse of rectum with haemorrhoids. Rectal haemorrhage.