Elaterium
Dewey, Essentials of Homœopathic Materia Medica, 1894, p. 72
Questions
What is Elaterium ?
It is the squirting Cucumber, and the tincture is made from the green fruit.
What are the chief Homoeopathic indications for its use ?
Watery, frothy Diarrhoeas with copious, forcible stools preceded by violent cutting in the abdomen, chilliness, prostration and colic; olive green stools, but always gushing.
What drug is similar here ?
Croton tig.; it has a yellow, watery, gushing stool every time the patient eats or drinks.
What is the unique symptoms of Momordica balsam ?
Accumulation of flatus in the splenic flexure of the colon.
What drugs of the Rubiacese family do we use ?
Cinchona, Coffea and Ipecac.