Acalypha indica
Alias: Acal.
Pocket Manual of Homoeopathic Materia Medica, William Boericke
Indian Nettle
A drug having a marked action on the alimentary canal and respiratory organs. It is indicated in incipient phthisis, with hard, racking cough, bloody expectoration, arterial haemorrhage, but no febrile disturbance. Very weak in the morning, gains strength during day. Progressive emaciation. All pathological haemorrhages having notably a morning aggravation.
Chest.--Cough dry, hard, followed by haemoptysis; worse in morning and at night. Constant and severe pain in chest. Blood bright red and not profuse in morning; dark and clotted in afternoon. Pulse soft and compressible. Burning in pharynx, oesophagus, and stomach.
Abdomen.--Burning in intestines. Spluttering diarrhoea with forcible expulsion of noisy flatus, bearing down pains and tenesmus. Rumbling distention, and griping pain in abdomen. Rectal haemorrhage; worse in morning.
Skin.--Jaundice. Itching and circumscribed furuncle-like swellings.
Modalities.--Worse in morning.
Relationship.--Compare: Millefol; Phosphor; Acetic acid; Kali nit.
Dose.--Third to sixth potency.
A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke
Cupameni. Indian acalypha. (East Indies.) N. O. Euphorbiaceae. Tincture of fresh plant.
Clinical.─Cough. Diarrhoea. Flatulence. Haemoptysis.
Characteristics.─The chief employment of this Euphorbian has been in violent dry cough followed by bloody expectoration. Expectoration of pure blood in the morning, and dark clotted blood in the evening. Cough most violent at night. Dulness of chest on percussion; constant severe pain in chest. Progressive emaciation. A proving by several Indian physicians has brought out a number of symptoms in the alimentary tracts characterised by: burning, sense of weight at stomach, flatulence, and sputtering diarrhoea.
Relations.─Compare: Mercurialis ann., Mancin., and other Euphorbians. Ham., Ipec., Millefol., Phos., Aco.