QUASSIA AMARA
Quassia-wood (QUASSIA – PICRAENA EXCELSA)
Acts on gastric organs as a tonic (Gentian; Hydr). Seems to possess marked motion on eyes, producing amblyopia and cataract. Pain in proper intercostal muscle mass above the liver. Pressure and stitches in liver, and sympathetically in spleen.
Stomach.–Atonic dyspepsia, with gasoline and acidity. Heart-burn and gastralgia. Regurgitation of food. Abdomen feels empty and retracted. Dyspepsia after infectious diseases; particularly grip, dysentery. Tongue dry or with brown sticky coating. Cirrhosis of liver with ascites.
Urinary.–Excessive desire-impossible to hold urine; copious micturition day and night. As quickly as the baby wakes up the mattress is drenched.
Extremities.–Inclination to yawn and stretch (Rhus). Sensation of coldness over back. Prostration, with hunger. Cold extremities, with sensation of inner coldness (Helo-derma).
Dose.–First to 1/3 potency, or spoonful doses of Aqua Quassiae.
