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Included with Aperients and Purgatives. (411/390) | Included with Aperients and Purgatives. (411/390) | ||
“Is perhaps the most powerful purgative known; operating in a very short time after it is taken. It has been given with great advantage in cases of obstinate and protracted constipation, or where a violent evacuator is required, as in some cases of apoplexy and injury of the brain, and in certain convulsive, hypochondriac, and maniacal affections. Many practitioners speak highly of its use in neuralgia.” Savory states that there are known cases of tic-douloureux and spasmodic cholera being cured when croton oil has been administered for treatment. Croton oil has also been recommened by Dr. Ainslie when used in frictions to treat chronic rheumatism and “tumours of the articulations.” It has also been effectively used as a counter-irritant and thus employed in the treatment of croup. (72/51) | “Is perhaps the most powerful purgative known; operating in a very short time after it is taken. It has been given with great advantage in cases of obstinate and protracted constipation, or where a violent evacuator is required, as in some cases of apoplexy and injury of the brain, and in certain convulsive, hypochondriac, and maniacal affections. Many practitioners speak highly of its use in neuralgia.” Savory states that there are known cases of tic-douloureux and spasmodic cholera being cured when croton oil has been administered for treatment. Croton oil has also been recommened by Dr. Ainslie when used in frictions to treat chronic rheumatism and “tumours of the articulations.” It has also been effectively used as a counter-irritant and thus employed in the treatment of croup. (72/51) | ||
| − | ===Remedies Containing or to be used with === | + | ===Remedies Containing or to be used with Croton=== |
* Croton Oil (72/51): see description | * Croton Oil (72/51): see description | ||
| − | ===Diseases Treated with === | + | ===Diseases Treated with Croton=== |
'''General Diseases''' | '''General Diseases''' | ||
* Asthma (228/207): croton oil used as a purgative | * Asthma (228/207): croton oil used as a purgative | ||
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Contents
Description
Croton
A Compendium of Domestic Medicine, 1865
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Included with Aperients and Purgatives. (411/390) “Is perhaps the most powerful purgative known; operating in a very short time after it is taken. It has been given with great advantage in cases of obstinate and protracted constipation, or where a violent evacuator is required, as in some cases of apoplexy and injury of the brain, and in certain convulsive, hypochondriac, and maniacal affections. Many practitioners speak highly of its use in neuralgia.” Savory states that there are known cases of tic-douloureux and spasmodic cholera being cured when croton oil has been administered for treatment. Croton oil has also been recommened by Dr. Ainslie when used in frictions to treat chronic rheumatism and “tumours of the articulations.” It has also been effectively used as a counter-irritant and thus employed in the treatment of croup. (72/51)
Remedies Containing or to be used with Croton
- Croton Oil (72/51): see description
Diseases Treated with Croton
General Diseases
- Asthma (228/207): croton oil used as a purgative