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Acalypha Indica acal.

Hering, 1879–91 (1879)In every bookSave

General

Acalypha Indica Linn. Euphorbiaceæ.
A weed common in the East Indies, like nettle. Proved and applied by Tonnere, of Calcutta, and Payne, of Bath. Holcombe's cure.

Mind

Gloomy and despairing, but very unwilling to die. θ Hæmoptysis.
Leucorrhœa, sometimes thick, sometimes watery. θ Consumptive patient.

Cough

Cough, with bloody expectoration. θ Tuberculosis.
Violent dry cough, followed by bloody expectoration.
Hæmoptysis.
Hæmoptysis : expectorates pure blood in morning, dark lumps (clotted) in evening. Cough most violent at night. θ Tubercular deposits in apex of lung.

Inner chest and lungs

Dulness in chest on percussion. θ Hæmoptysis.
Constant and severe pain in chest. θ Hæmoptysis.

Heart, pulse and circulation

Pulse small and depressed.
Pulse from 100 to 120. θ Hæmoptysis.

Time

Night : cough most violent.
Morning : expectorates pure blood.
Evening : expectorates dark clotted blood.

Fever

Slow fever.

Tissues

Progressive emaciation. θ Hæmoptysis.

Relations

Collaterally related to all Euphorbiaceæ ; especially to Mercurialis annua and Mancin .