Liatris spicata
Colic Root
Boericke, Pocket Manual of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 9th ed., 1927, p. 400
A vascular stimulant. Increases functional activity of the skin, mucous membranes.
Of use in dropsy due to liver and spleen diseases, also renal dropsy. Here the suppressed urination is most favorably influenced. General anasarca due to heart and kidney disease. Diarrhœa, with violent urging and pain in lower part of back. Colic. Locally, applied to ulcers and unhealthy wounds.
A prompt diuretic.
The book’s Dose section is left out: Samepath quotes the books but gives no dosing advice.