Alstonia scholaris
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Dita Bark Malarial diseases, with diarrhœa, dysentery, anæmia, feeble digestion, are the general conditions suggesting this remedy. Characteristics are the gone sensation in stomach and sinking in abdomen, with debility. A tonic after exhausting fevers.
Abdomen
Violent purging and cramp in bowels. Heat and irritation in lower bowels. Camp diarrhœa, bloody stool, dysentery; diarrhœa from bad water and malaria. Painless watery stools (Phosph ac). Diarrhœa immediately after eating.
Relationships
Compare: Similar in action to Alstonia constricta, the bitter bark or native quinine of Australia. Ditain (active principle, is anti-periodic, like quinine, but without unpleasant effects). Cinchona (similar in diarrhœa, chronic dyspepsia and debility). Hydrastis; Fer cit et chin.
Dose
Tincture to third potency. Locally, for ulcers and rheumatic pains.
What the other books say about Alstonia scholaris
The same remedy read by a different author. They disagree, and the disagreements are where the remedy becomes recognisable.
- Alstonia scholaris in Farrington — Lectures that teach remedies in families, by comparing them with each other.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Alstonia scholaris — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/alstonia-scholaris. Published 1927: public domain in the US (since 2023) and in India (author died 1929). Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.