Canchalagua
Erythrea venusta—Centaury
Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 9th ed., 1927, p. 160
Used extensively as a fever remedy and bitter tonic [Gentiana], antimalarial and antiseptic. Of use in severe type of intermittent fever in hot countries; also, in influenza. Sore, as if bruised all over. Sensation of drops falling from and upon different spots.
Head
Congested. Scalp feels tight; head feels as if bound; burning in eyes; buzzing in ears.
Fever
Chill all over; worse in bed at night. Sensitive to cold trade-winds on Pacific Coast. General sore and bruised feeling; nausea and retching.
Skin
Wrinkled like a washerwoman’s. Scalp feels tight, as if drawn together by India-rubber.
The book’s Dose section is left out: Samepath quotes the books but gives no dosing advice.