Jalap

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Classified by Savory as an Anthelmintic (Remedies Which Expel Intestinal Worms) and as an Aperient and Purgative. (411/390)

On its own and in smaller doses it form an effective purgative without the risk of gripe, but in larger doses it can cause griping.

Calomel (57/36): Jalap is part of a “Strong Purgative Powder for Children”
Cloves (68/47): combined with jalap in a pill to form a laxative
Extract of Colocynth, Compound (82/61): jalap included in mixture used as a nightly cathartic.
Extract of Jalap (86/65): Has similar properties as powdered jalap, but often causes gripe. Savory recommends trituration with soap, or for an emulsion made from almonds, sugar, and gum Arabic to be made to reduce risks of gripe.
Jalap (109/88): effective purgative, being included in a rememdy to be given to school-boys who over-indulge. It can also be used in a diuretic when combined with cream of tartar, or as an electuary used in the treatment of dropsy.
Jalap, Compound Powder of (110/89): purgative used with recurring costiveness, or also to treat children with “tumid bellies,” worms, or dropsy.
Rhubarb, Turkey (145/123): can be combined with jalap to increase effects
Sulphur, Sublimed (168/147): powdered jalap used in a cooling electuary to treat piles.
Tincture of Jalap (181/160): cathartic

Infantile Diseases

Infantile Costiveness (290/269): “But should costiveness appear to have provoked fever, excited convulsions, or induced much pain, more active medicines, such as jalap, or calomel and jalap, should be administered”
Hooping or Chincough (295/274): Jalap used during the early stages of the disease to keep the bowels open while other treatments are being administered
Water in the Head (304/283): jalap included as part of the laxative administered during early stages of treatment
Worms (307/286): jalap is one of the purgatives used to expel worms from the bowels after they have been dislodged by other medications. Ching’s lozenges (Savory believes they contain calomel and jalap) are recommended. Powdered jalap included in “Anthelmintic Electuary”

Aperients and Cathartics

Anthelminics