Kamala

      Croton coccineus. Rottlera tinctoria. (India, South Arabia, Tropical Australia.) N.O. Euphorbiaceae. (A red mealy inflammable powder, obtained from the trilobed capsules of the plant.) Tincture. Solution in Ether. Trituration.

Clinical

Skin, affection of. Tapeworm.

Characteristics

*Kamala is best known in medicine as a remedy for tapeworm. It is given in doses of half to two drachms. Hanbury (*Pharm. four., February, 1858, quoted in *Treas. of Bot.) says: “Among the Arabs of Aden it is given internally in leprosy, and used in solution to remove freckles and pustules, while in this country it has been used successfully in treating the eruption known as ‘wildfire’ (Strophulus volaticus) in children, by rubbing the powder over the affected part with moist lint. It appears, however, to be most valued as an anthelmintic, and ha been extensively used with much success in India in cases of tapeworm, three drachms being sufficient for a robust person, and half that quantity for one of feeble habit.” *Kamala shows by its clinical uses it relationship with Croton and the other Euphorbians.

John Henry Clarke

John Henry Clarke MD (1853 – November 24, 1931 was a prominent English classical homeopath. Dr. Clarke was a busy practitioner. As a physician he not only had his own clinic in Piccadilly, London, but he also was a consultant at the London Homeopathic Hospital and researched into new remedies — nosodes. For many years, he was the editor of The Homeopathic World. He wrote many books, his best known were Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica and Repertory of Materia Medica