Senna
as William Boericke recorded it in Homoeopathic Materia Medica, 1927
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General
Cassia Acutifolia Is of much use in infantile colics when the child seems to be full of wind. Oxaluria, with excess of urea; increased specific gravity. Where the system is broken down, bowels constipated, muscular weakness, and waste of nitrogenous materials, Senna will act as a tonic. Ebullitions of blood at night. Acetonæmia, prostration, fainting, constipation with colic a flatulence. Liver enlarged and tender.
Stool
Fluid yellowish, with pinching pains before. Greenish mucus; never-get- done sensation (Merc). Burning in rectum, with strangury of bladder. Constipation, with colic and flatulence. Liver enlarged and tender, stools hard and dark, with loss appetite, coated tongue, bad taste, and weakness.
Urinary
Specific gravity and density increased; hyperazoturia, oxaluria, phosphaturia, and acetonuria.
Relationships
Compare: Kali carb; Jalapa. Antidotes: Nux; Cham.
Dose
Third to sixth potency.
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Create a free accountCite this page. William Boericke. Homoeopathic Materia Medica. 9th edition (preface dated San Francisco, June 1927). Senna — General. HomeopathyWorld, https://homeopathyworld.in/materia-medica/books/boericke/senna. 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 Reproduced as the author wrote it; a historical reference for students and practitioners, not medical advice.