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Echites
Echites Suberecta
Echit.PlantRarePsoric✨ Allen only
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Exclusively Documented in Allen
This remedy is documented exclusively in Allen's Encyclopedia of Pure Materia Medica. It does not appear in other classical references in this encyclopedia.
🎯 A potent toxic agent causing severe gastrointestinal distress, neurological spasms, and rapid systemic collapse.
About: Echites suberecta is a toxic plant from the Apocynaceae family known for its rapid and violent effects on the human body. Historically documented through accidental poisoning, it induces severe vomiting, tremors, and convulsive states. It is rarely used in modern homeopathic practice due to its extreme toxicity.
👤 Constitution
•Not defined in the source material, but associated with individuals suffering from acute, life-threatening toxic reactions.
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Violent griping and nausea
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Convulsive twitchings in various parts of the body
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Violent vomiting occurring within hours of ingestion
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Persistent tremors following acute poisoning
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Hectic fever and rapid emaciation
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Loss of appetite
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Long-lasting disposition to spasms
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Rapid onset of fatal symptoms
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🩺 Systems & Indications
✨ Allen Exclusive⚙️Generals
Used in cases of acute poisoning characterized by tremors, convulsions, and systemic wasting.
ECHITES. - THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D. Main THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF PURE MATERIA MEDICA By TIMOTHY F. ALLEN, A.M., M.D. Presented by Médi-T ECHITES. Echites suberecta, Jacq. Natural order , Apocynaceae. Authorities. 1 , Lunan, quoted by W. Hamilton, Pharm. Journ., vol. vi, 1847, p. 23, a negro woman gave the milk to a medical practitioner in Jamaica
- •2 , Barham, quoted by Hamilton, a negro used a piece of the stem to stop a jar of rum, which was left in that condition, and with some leaves which had dropped in, all night ;
- •the negroes drank of the rum in the morning..
Violent griping, nausea, and loss of appetite, followed by convulsive twitchings in various parts of his body, hectic fever and emaciation. It was a long time before the disposition to spasm was wholly subdued, [1] .
In the course of a few hours they were seized with violent vomiting and tremors. When the owner of the plantation arrived he found some dead and others just expiring. The juice expressed from the Arrowroot was administered with the happiest effect, [2] .
📚 Sources & References
✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaClarke's DictionaryPhatak's Concise MM
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