JALAPA


Therapeutic symptoms of homeopathic remedy Jalapa, described by E.B. Nash in his book, Leaders in Homeopathic Therapeutics, published in 1898….


“CHILD `GOOD’ ALL DAY; SCREAMING, RESTLESS and VERY TROUBLESOME AT NIGHT” (frequently verified). I once had a case of entero- colitis that for more than 8 weeks baffled my best efforts to cure. The case went from bad to worse, until it was reduced almost to a skeleton. Instead of screaming all night it screamed day and night, all the time (so the mother said), and certain it was, it was always screaming when I saw it. With the screaming there were constant contortions of the body, bending forward, backward and sidewise alternately. I cannot tell how many different remedies I tried, but finally, in the course of human events, I gave it some JALAPA., 12th, run up from some of the crude drug which I procured from an ordinary drug store. The child went to sleep, and from that nap, which was a good, long one, recovery was rapid and perfect. The indication I had was that it caused colic and diarrhoea.

E.B.Nash
Dr. E.B. Nash 1838- 1917, was considered one of our finest homeopaths and teachers. He was Prof. of Materia Medica at the N.Y. Homoeopathic Medical College and President of International Hahnemannian Assoc. His book Leaders in Homoeopathic Therapeutics is a classic. This article is from: :The Medical Advance - A monthly magazine of homoeopathic medicine - edited and published by H.C. Allen, M. D.