Homeopathic Materia Medica

A Dictionary of Practical Materia Medica, John Henry Clarke

Tartrate of Potash. Cream of Tartar. K2C4H4O6. Trituration. Solution.

Clinical.─Paraplegia.

Characteristics.─A few symptoms of this well-known substance are collected in Allen, and among them pain in loins and paraplegia are very noticeable. There is vomiting of blackish green fluid; faeces like coffee-grounds; and pain in umbilical region with great thirst.

Relations.─Compare: Ant. t., Tart. ac.

SYMPTOMS.

8. Mouth.─Tongue brown and dry.

11. Stomach.─Great thirst and pain in umbilical region.─Violent vomiting and diarrhoea.─Vomits a blackish green fluid.─Inflammation of stomach and intestines.

12. Abdomen.─Pain in umbilical region with thirst.─Flatulence and griping.─Diarrhoea; and violent vomiting.─Faeces like coffee-grounds.

19. Heart.─Pulse feeble.

20. Back.─Pain in loins.

23. Lower Limbs.─Thighs and legs paralysed.

24. Generalities.─Emaciation.─Extreme weakness, can scarcely walk.