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Tannin
3XTanTannin (Tannic Acid) · Plant-Derived Astringent Acid · "The Capillary Haemorrhage Astringent"
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🎯 Tannin acts primarily as a powerful astringent that induces severe dryness, constriction, and obstruction within the digestive tract.
📖 Clarke writes:
Tannic acid. C14H10O9,2H2O. [There are two forms of tannic acid, Gallo-tannic acid, derived from nut-galls, and Querci-tannic acid, derived from healthy leaves and bark of the oak. The former is the most used.] Trituration. Solution in rectified spirit.
👤 Characteristics
Sphere of Action & Core States
•Production of a state of leathery dryness of mouth and intestinal canal
•Condition like ileus
•Very aggravated state of constipation
General Characteristics
•Effects produced on healthy persons
•Effects observed in persons taking it for diarrhoea
•Derivative of Gallic acid (C7H6O5)
⭐ Key Symptoms — Give When You See
Leathery dryness of the mouth and intestinal canal
Clarke
Obstinate constipation lasting many days
Clarke
Intestines felt as cylindrical enlargements through the abdominal wall
Clarke
Violent pains in the stomach
Clarke
Obstinate vomiting of bilious substances
Clarke
Ileus or intestinal obstruction
Clarke
Painless and bloody discharge from the bowels
Clarke
Scanty, dark-colored urine
Clarke
White, dry tongue
Clarke
General weakness
Clarke
🩺 Systems & Indications
👄Mouth
Use for extreme dryness of the mouth and a white, dry tongue.
Tongue white, dry.
Leathery dryness of mucous membrane of mouth and intestinal canal.
🔑 Modalities
↓Worse from
Pressure
abdominal sensitivity
🌿 Remedy Relationships
🔄 Compare With
Opium →
📚 Sources & References
✓ Clarke's Dictionary↗✓ Allen's Encyclopedia↗Boericke's Materia MedicaHering's Guiding SymptomsHahnemann's Materia Medica PuraKent's Materia MedicaPhatak's Concise MM
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