Leptandra Virginica lept.
William Boericke · Homœopathic Materia Medica · 9th edition · 96 words · Leptandra Virginica in every book →
Common name
Culver's Root (LEPTANDRA)
General
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 hæmorrhoids. Rectal hæmorrhage.
Relationship
Compare: Podop; Iris; Bry; Merc; Ptel; Myrica.
Dose
Tincture, to third potency.