Leptandra Virginica

Description

A liver remedy, with jaundice and black, tarry stools. Bilious states. Enfeebled portal circulation. Malarial conditions.

Dose

Dose.--Tincture, to third potency.

Head

Head.--Dull frontal pain; vertigo, drowsiness, and depression. Smarting and aching in eyes.

Relationship

Relationship.--Compare: Podop; Iris; Bry; Merc; Ptel; Myrica.

Stomach

Stomach.--Tongue coated yellow. Great distress in stomach and intestines, with desire for stool. Aching in region of liver extending to spine, which feels chilly.

Stool

Stool.--Profuse black, fetid stools, with pain at umbilicus. Bleeding piles. Typhoid stools turn black and look like tar. Clay colored stools with jaundice. Prolapse of rectum with hemorrhoids. Rectal hemorrhage.