Homeopathic Materia Medica

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke

The milk first secreted after childbirth. Solution.

Clinical.─Diarrhoea.

Characteristics.─The symptoms of Colost. are purely clinical. Its use in diarrhoea was probably suggested by the purgative effect of Colostrum on the infant. Bell gives the indications as follows:─STOOLS: Green, watery; yellow; watery; mucous; bilious; profuse; sour-smelling; excoriating. AGG.: In nursing infants; during dentition. DURING STOOL: Colicky pains in hypogastrium. Accompaniments: Great nervous irritability, or listlessness. Pale face. Tongue coated white or yellow. Vomiting of sour or bitter substances. Loss of appetite. The whole body smells sour. Fever. Emaciation.