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Felter's Materia Medica on Euphorbia Hypericifolia
EUPHORBIA HYPERICIFOLIA
The entire plant Euphorbia (Chamaesyce) hypericifolia, Linné (Nat. Ord. Euphorbiaceae). A common weed in rich soils of gardens and waste places throughout the United States. Common Names: Large Spotted Spurge, Garden Spurge. Principal Constituents.Tannin, gallic acid, and a caoutchouc-like body. Preparation.Specific Medicine Spotted Spurge. Dose, 1 to 10 drops. Specific Indications.Gastro-intestinal irritation with greenish and irritant passages. Action and Therapy.True, testing this plant upon himself, found the infusion to produce a full frontal headache, similar to but less severe than that caused by macrotys, with an unpleasant fullness with oppression at the epigastrium, and a sense of languor and drowsiness. Intense constipation followed. He concluded that it is a cerebral stimulant, and secondarily a sedative to the brain and sympathetic nervous system. The drug is valuable in gastro-intestinal irritation with watery and mucoid discharges, having been used most successfully in cholera infantum, cholera morbus, muco-enteritis and dysentery, after the acute inflammation has subsided. For the first-named childs disorder it is one of the most certain of sedative-astringents.1
The entire plant Euphorbia (Chamaesyce) hypericifolia, Linné (Nat. Ord. Euphorbiaceae). A common weed in rich soils of gardens and waste places throughout the United States. Common Names: Large Spotted Spurge, Garden Spurge. Principal Constituents.Tannin, gallic acid, and a caoutchouc-like body. Preparation.Specific Medicine Spotted Spurge. Dose, 1 to 10 drops. Specific Indications.Gastro-intestinal irritation with greenish and irritant passages. Action and Therapy.True, testing this plant upon himself, found the infusion to produce a full frontal headache, similar to but less severe than that caused by macrotys, with an unpleasant fullness with oppression at the epigastrium, and a sense of languor and drowsiness. Intense constipation followed. He concluded that it is a cerebral stimulant, and secondarily a sedative to the brain and sympathetic nervous system. The drug is valuable in gastro-intestinal irritation with watery and mucoid discharges, having been used most successfully in cholera infantum, cholera morbus, muco-enteritis and dysentery, after the acute inflammation has subsided. For the first-named childs disorder it is one of the most certain of sedative-astringents.1
References
1) Felter, Harvey Wickes, 1922, The Eclectic Materia Medica, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Cincinnati, Ohio.