🌿 Traditional Herbal Medicine Profile
This page outlines the crude botanical applications, traditional herbal infusions, and active properties of Brucea Antidysenterica. Herbal preparations act biochemically on body tissues.
▲GENERAL
Although the Brucea symptoms are similar to the pathogenesis of Nux-v., the bark has been
experimented with independently.
The homeopathic pre paration of Nux-v is prepared from the seed.
Bmcea
contains strychnine, and the symptoms are included in the pathogenesis of Stry and Nux -v..
Paralyzed lower limbs, worse least touch, cries for fear of being touched.
Tetanic spasms with undisturbed
consciousness, worse from noise or liquids.
Painful jerking of legs, cramp -like pain in knees, rigid and lame
limbs of paralytics.
Disposition to stretch the limbs and to yawn.
Great weariness when walking.
In the evening, nervous
excitement, trembling and tottering when walking.
Painful sensation of fatigue in the limbs.
Pinching in several
parts of the limbs.
In the evening, stiffness in the joints and acute drawing pains in the limbs with shootings in
the head in the ears and in the chest.
“Headache with extreme drowsiness, disappearing in evening.”
“Sensation of throbbing in pit of stomach and in entire abdomen.” For the pain in the passing of kidney stones
or gallstones
▲HERBAL INTERACTIONS & SAFETY
📊 Comparative Herbal Actions:
Compare: (1) The following also have drowsiness with headache: Gins., Hera., Nux -m., Nat-
s., Sulph. (2) Gels. - difficult to keep the eyes open.
REFERENCES Clarke.
▲MIND
Irritability, augmented in the evening.
Dejection, with want of sleep.
Taciturnit y and hypochondriasis.
Gloomy, melancholy humor with indolence and lassitude.
Sad and gloomy on waking in the morning.
▲VERTIGO, DIZZINESS
VertigoSensation of dizziness or spinningA feeling of movement or spinning of oneself or the surroundings when there is no actual movement., which occasions falling in the evening.
COMMENTS - Underthe name of Brucea antidysenterica, a quantity of Nux-v bark got upon the drug market
and was at first supposed to be Angusturabark.
Many poisonings ensued before the mistake was discovered
and the bark received the name Angustura falsa in contradistinction to the true Angustura
▲HEAD
Headache, aggravated by sitting, as well as after eating.
Shootings in the head, aggravated by walking,
especially in the sun.
Heaviness and confusion in the head with sleepiness, disappearing in the evening.
Digging, crawling in the top of the head.
Headache in the evening after having walked a while in the sunshine.
Headaches behind the eyebrows, which seem to be swollen.
▲EYES
Dull and swollen eyes red in the corners, in the evening.
Eyes red and burning in the morni ng.
Itching in the eyelids.
Painful sensation in the eyes, as from sand, rendering it necessary to rub them
▲FACE
Mealy, itching tetters on the face, followed by peeling off of the skin.
Pale ness in the face.
Slight
convulsive, rapid movements in the lips.
Fever - Sweats on walking, with shiverings, which appear chiefly during rest.
ChillyHypersensitive to cold temperaturesA constitutional state of feeling exceptionally cold, lacking vital heat, and needing warmth or heavy blankets. disposition and aversion
to the open air.
Shivering and excessive coldness
▲MOUTH
Acute pains in the teeth and gums, especially on drinking cold water.
Accumulation of saliva in the
mouth, forcing one to spit continually.
Dryness and burning pain in the gullet, as if from rancid fat
▲CHEST
On breathing, sensation of great weight on the whole chest.
Oppression of the chest with chilly
disposition and great sensibility in the open air.
In the morning, pain as from a bruise on the outside of the
chest, with tight pains on breathing deeply.
Pains like excoriation in the interior of the chest, especially in bed
at night, which are most violent when lying on the side
▲ABDOMEN
Clammy taste.
Empty belches.
Sensation in the stomach, as if nothing had been eaten for a long
time.
Sensation of burning, heat in the pit of the stomach.
Sensation of throbbing in the pit of the stomach and
in the entire abdomen.
Pressure in the stomach, immediately after eating or drinking.
In the evening, attack of
nausea with cramp-like pains in the abdomen, vomiting of food and loose evacuations with great prostrationExtreme physical weakness or exhaustionA state of extreme physical weakness, collapse, or exhaustion, often accompanying severe illness..
Throbbing felt in the abdomen.
Painful pinching in the abdomen.
Squeezing, as from claws in the
abdomen J followed by frequent , small, slimy evacu ations.
BorborygmiStomach gurgling or rumbling soundsGurgling, rumbling, or splashing noises heard from the abdomen, caused by gas moving through the intestines. in the abdomen.
The pains in the
abdomen cease after the first
evacuation.
Shootings in the umbilicus after the evacuations.
Loose evacuations, followed by fainting, which
enforces lying down.
Weak appetite, food at dinner and breakfast appears insipid.
After a meal, violent beating of the heart,
aggravationWorsening of symptomsAn increase in severity or intensity of symptoms, often caused by environmental factors or after taking a remedy. of headache, fermentation in the intestines and inclination to evacuate
▲EXTREMITIES, LIMBS
Pains, as of fatigue, in the thighs and loins.
Cramp-like pain in the back of the hand.
Miliary eruption,
red, raised and itching on the back of the hand and on the body.
In the evening, sensation of paralysisLoss of voluntary muscle functionThe loss of the ability to move (and sometimes to feel anything) in part or most of the body. in tl{e
thigh.
Weariness in the
knees.
Curvature of the jo int of the foot, so that one walks almost on the anklebone.
Sensation of burning in
corns
▲BACK AND NECK
Sensation of squeezing in the back
▲SLEEP
Sleepiness during the entire day, especially when seated, in the morning, early in the evening, and
particularly in the afternoon.
Sleepiness alternately with want of appetite.
Sleep full of dreams, with ebullition
of the blood.
Sleep troubled with confused or frightful dreams
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This clinical profile is compiled from: Andrew Chevallier, FNIMH — Herbal Remedies (Eyewitness Companions), and Dr. David Keifer, MD — Herbal Remedies Reference Guide. Synced with traditional botanical use and pharmacological outlines.
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