Tannin

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Tannin signs and symptoms of the homeopathy medicine from the Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica by J.H. Clarke. Find out for which conditions and symptoms Tannin is used…

      Tannic acid. C14H10O9,2H2O. (There are two forms of tannic acid, Gallo-tannic acid, derived from nut-galls, and Querc-tannic acid, derived from healthy leaves and bark of the oak. The former is the most used.) Trituration. Solution in rectified spirit.

Clinical

Constipation. Ileus.

Characteristics

*Tannin or *Tannic acid, of which *Gallic acid (C7H6O5) is a derivative, has produced effects on healthy persons, and on several taking it for diarrhoea. The chief effects were the production of a state of leathery dryness of mouth and intestinal canal, a condition like ileus, and a very aggravated state of constipation.

Relations

*Compare: Querc., Gall. ac., Opium, Plb.

SYMPTOMS.

Mouth

Tongue white, dry. Leathery dryness of mucous membrane of mouth and intestinal canal.

Stomach

Loss of appetite. Thirst. Vomiting. Obstinate vomiting of bilious substances. Painful sensation in epigastric region and abdomen. Violent pains in stomach.

Abdomen

The intestines could be felt like cylindrical enlargements through walls of abdomen. Ileus. Colic. Abdomen: distended, sensitive to pressure but not distended.

Stool

Painless and bloody discharge from bowels. Obstinate constipation, lasted eight days, only dissipated on the ninth day by two drops of *Croton oil. Foul stools.

Urinary Organs

Urine scanty, dark-coloured.

Heart

Palpitation.

Generalities

Weakness.

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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