Scammonium
Clarke, A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, 1900, Vol. II, p. 1119
Convolvulus scammonia. Scammony. N. O. Convolvulaceae. Triturations of the dried miUcy juice of the root. dbdeaL— Diarrhoea. Gastro-enteritis.
Characteristics
Scatn. is a drastic cathartic, producing copious watery evacuations, and griping a good deal. Sprengel records a case of fatal poisoning in an infant whose mother took a large quantity of Scam.f and herself suffered no effects. Scam, must be compared with Jalap,j another purging convolvulus. XI, 18. Stomach and Abdomen. — Sudden vomiting and copious green stools, distension and sensitiveness of abdomen and death (in an infant whose nursing mother took a large dose of Scam, and herself experienced no symptoms). — Slight pain in stomach with evacuation of faeces. — Violent pain and rapid succession of stools, leaving inactivity of lower intestines for several days. — Inflammation of mucous membrane attended with loss of appetite and headache.
Stool and Anus
Loose evacuation of faeces with slight pain in stomach.-* Green stools. — Rapid succession of stools.