A drug having a marked action on the alimentary canal and respiratory organs. It is indicated in incipient phthisis, with hard, racking cough, bloody expectoration, arterial hæmorrhage, but no febrile disturbance. Very weak in the morning, gains strength during day. Progressive emaciation. All pathological hæmorrhages having notably a morning aggravation.
Remedy Origin / Source
Natural
Clinical Applications
Compare: Millefol; Phosphor; Acetic acid; Kali nit .
Key Symptoms & Indications
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A drug having a marked action on the alimentary canal and respiratory organs. It is indicated in incipient phthisis, with hard, racking cough, bloody expectoration, arterial hæmorrhage, but no febrile disturbance. Very weak in the morning, gains strength during day. Progressive emaciation. All pathological hæmorrhages having notably a morning aggravation.
Physical Symptoms
Chest
Cough dry, hard, followed by hæmoptysis ; worse in morning and at night. Constant and severe pain in chest. Blood bright red and not profuse in morning; dark and clotted in afternoon. Pulse soft and compressible. Burning in pharynx, sophagus, and stomach.
Abdomen
Burning in intestines. Spluttering diarrha with forcible expulsion of noisy flatus , bearing down pains and tenesmus. Rumbling distention, and griping pain in abdomen. Rectal hæmorrhage; worse in morning.
Skin
Jaundice. Itching and circumscribed furuncle-like swellings.
Modalities (Better / Worse)
Worse (Aggravation)
in morning
Better (Amelioration)
No specific amelioration factors listed.
Mentions in Classic Materia Medicas
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ACALYPHA INDICA
Chest
Cough dry, hard, followed by hæmoptysis; worse in morning and at night. Constant and severe pain in chest. Blood bright red and not profuse in morning; dark and clotted in afternoon. Pulse soft and compressible. Burning in pharynx, œsophagus, and stomach.
Abdomen
Burning in intestines. Spluttering diarrhœa with forcible expulsion of noisy flatus, bearing down pains and tenesmus. Rumbling distention, and griping pain in abdomen. Rectal hæmorrhage; worse in morning.
Skin
Jaundice. Itching and circumscribed furuncle-like swellings.
Modalities
Worse in morning.
Relationship
Compare: Millefol; Phosphor; Acetic acid; Kali nit.
Dose
Third to sixth potency.
Acalypha Indica.
Clinical
Cough. Diarrhœa. Flatulence. Hæmoptysis.
Characteristics
The chief employment of this Euphorbian has been in violent dry cough followed by bloody expectoration. Expectoration of pure blood in the morning, and dark clotted blood in the evening. Cough most violent at night. Dulness of chest on percussion; constant severe pain in chest. Progressive emaciation. A proving by several Indian physicians has brought out a number of symptoms in the alimentary tracts characterised by: burning, sense of weight at stomach, flatulence, and sputtering diarrhœa.
Relations
Compare: Mercurialis ann., Mancin., and other Euphorbians. Ham., Ipec., Millefol., Phos., Aco.
ACALYPHA INDICA
(Indian Acaliphy)
Plant introduction:
It is available in Bengal and eastern India in plenty. The plant attains a maximum height of 2-4 ft having orbi-cular lamina. Some where it Is knows as 'Cat-mew'. Leaves are collected in rainy season when the plant matures and looks like sacred basil (Tulsi) with apetalous flowers.
Name:
In Sanskrit-Arikta Manjari, Bengali-Mukta-jhuri, Mukta-barshi: Hindi-Kupi; Gujarati-Vanelik-cande;
English-Indian Acaliphy; Latin-Acalypha Indica.
Family-Gramineae (Another kind spurge family 'Euphorbiaceae'.)
Pharmaceutical use: leaves, (green).
Chemical Composition: Alkaloid acalyphine, resin, tannin and volatile oil. It also contains a cyanogenetic glycoside.
Physio-Chemical action: Oxygenate, Anti Spasmodic.
Therapeutic actions: It is laxative, useful in cough. This drug is being prescribed widely by Allopaths, Homœopaths and Ionians (or Greeks) in the treatment of flatulence, fever etc. It can be called as Indian suppository (due to laxative property).
Therapeutic actions: It works well throughout the body but better function-ing in the upper helf portion has been noted.
History: Physicians (Ayurvedic) of our country had been using it since a long time. It causes nausea; on the other hand, stops bleeding, prevents fever, cough, flatulence and dyspnoea. In case of painful micturition-application of the wet pulp of leaves in the pelvic region has been found successful. Wet pulp my also be applied into the anus as glycerine suppositor (mixed with old ghee).
Wet pulp mixed with old ghee is often introduced into the rectum of a child to remove constipation.
An article on its therapeutic actions, was published by a famous English physician Dr. Henry Thomas, M. D. in London in the year 1858. He was a great hunter too. He came into the forest of Assam for hunting purpose where his assistant suddenly fell ill and started vomiting of blood the following day. Dr. Thomas tried his best with medicines but could not succeed. Simultaneously, constipation also occured. Then he asked the local medical practitioners to help him. At that time Kaviraj Binod Majumder was famous in Assam. He used this drug successfully. In 1860, an American physician Dr. Hall advised to accept it in American Pharmacopoeia by observing its therapeutic action۔ Dr Boericke obtained successful utility by administering the same on T. B. patients.
Symptomps
Mind:
Worried rude, hot tempered even at trifles, afraid; hates others.
Head:
Throbbing sensation in the head as if some one is striking on it; pain in the skull.
Eyes:
Reddish, inflammation of the eyes, weak sightedness; nausea, particularly by seeing moving things.
Face:
Gloomy, dry and red face.
Nose:
Bleeding from the nose, polypus, chocked nose, dyspnoea.
Tongue:
Generally clean.
Stomach:
Vomit after taking meal, vomiting tendency persists.
Stool:
Black stool with mucus and froth.
Lungs:
Haematemesis with cough; rattling sound of the throat; Vomit contains dark red clots of blood; smarting pain of the chest; heaviness; cough followed by weakness and emptiness, after having done physical exercise.
Fever:
Fever attended with chilliness; nausea and haema-temesis.
Sleep:
Somnia due to weakness and worry; drowsiness,
Limbs:
Light sensation of the body, weakness; difficult movements.
Dose: Tincture 5-20 minims. More quantity may be prescribed according to the severity of the disease (with cold water)
ACALYPHA INDICA
(Indian Nettle)
PHARMACY - acal. Acalypha indica. Indian Nettle. Cupameni. Indian acalypha. N. 0. Euphorbiacae. East Indies. Tincture of fresh plant. The fresh plant is macerated with two parts by weight of alcohol.
Historical dose: Tincture and all potencies.
CLINICAL - Bloody expectorations. Chest, pain. Coughs. Diarrhea. Emaciation. Flatulence. Hemoptysis. Hemorrhages. Jaundice. Lung, cancer. Tuberculosis.
HOMEOPATHIC-Acal.is a remedy having a marked action on the alimentary canal and respiratory organs. The herbal tincture of the Acal. is a specific in hemorrhage from the lungs. Hemoptysis. Acal. is indicated in incipient tuberculosis with hard, racking cough, bloody expectoration, arterial hemorrhage, but no febrile disturbance.
All hemorrhages are aggravated in the morning. Very weak in the morning, gains strength during the day. Progressive emasculation, sense of weight in the stomach with sense of burning, flatulence and sputtering diarrhea.
Abdomen - Burning in the intestines. Sputtering diarrhea with forcible expulsion of noisy flatus. Bearing down pains and tenesmus. Rumbling distention and gripping pain in abdomen. Rectal hemorrhage, worse in morning.
Chest - Dullness of chest on percussion, constant severe pain in chest.
Constitutions - Tubercular constitution. Hemorrhagic diathesis.
Heart - Pulse soft and compressible.
Lungs - Dry, hard coughs, followed by hemoptysis, worse in morning and at night. Expectorates pure blood in the morning and dark clotted blood in the evening. Cough most violent at night. Lung cancer with violent coughs followed by bloody expectoration or pure blood.
Modalities - Worse in mornings. Cough is aggravated at night.
Rectum - Diarrhea. Flatulence and sputtering diarrhea.
Skin - Jaundice. Itching and circumscribed furuncle-like swellings.
Stomach - Burning, sense of a weight in the stomach.
COMMENTS - Dr. Tonnere of Calcutta, India, seems to have been the first to call attention to this plant as a remedy. It first appears in a small work, Additions to the Homeopathic Materia Medica, collected and arranged by Henry Thomas, M. D. and published in London in the year 1858:
Thomas employed a 6x dilution in three cases of tuberculosis. In one case, there was a tuberculous affection of the upper portion of the left lung of two years' standing. Hemoptysis had been going on for three months, the expectoration had been pureblood in the morning, dark lumps of clotted blood in the evening, and the fits of coughing were very violent at night.
In this case, all homeopathic remedy, had been tried unsuccessfully, then Thomas accidentally discovered the virtues of the Acalypha Indica, that remedy having been given him by a native for jaundice.
Henry Thomas said, "I prepared the mother tincture upon the homeopathic principle and took 10 drops, which brought on a severe fit of dry cough, followed by spitting of blood. After having noted all the symptoms experienced by myself and finding that they were nearly all similar to those of my patients."
Thomas gave six drops of the 6x dilution in half a tumbler of water. A spoonful was to be taken every half hour, beginning immediately at 9 a.m. At 6 p.m., the blood had stopped. He continued this for eight days and the blood never reappeared. The patient improved and auscultation proved the disease decreased. Thomas was hopeful to effect a cure.
In one case of passive hemorrhage from the lungs, after Arnica was used with little benefit, Acal. benefited and then failed, after which the use of Arnica entirely stopped the hemorrhagic flow.
Grimmer stated that "Lung cancer with a violent cough which followed by bloody expectoration or of pure blood, bright in the morning, dark and clotted in the evening. Dullness of chest on percussion, constant severe pain in chest. Progressive emaciation with a sense or weight in the stomach with burning. Flatulence with a sputtering diarrhea."
RELATIONS - Cale. is an antidote to the Acalypha.
Compare:
(I) Mill., Phos., Acet-ac., Kali-n.
(2) Also, compare Merl., Mane. and other Euphorbians.
(3) Ham., Ip. Aeon.
REFERENCES - Anshutz. Boericke. Clarke. Grimmer. Thomas.
Remedy Profile
- Type Remedy
- Common Name N/A
- Origin Source Natural
Dosage & Potency
Third to sixth potency.
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