# Jatropha Curcas

## Remedy Classification
- **Type:** Homeopathic Remedy
- **Miasm:** Tubercular Miasm
- **Temperament:** Chilly
- **Aggravation Time:** Morning

## Keynote Indications
Jatr. is one of the most ac tive of the Euphorbians and strongly resembles Croto -t. in its 
action, especially in the urgent gushing stools and the irritation and pimples of the skin. It is also an activ e 
purgative, affecting the stomach and intestines. 
Kent described the sphere of Jatr. in chol era, noting that “The characteristic is rice water discharge, it has 
vomiting and purging, more or less sweat, more or less cramps. Suppression of urine, the grea t prostration, 
syncope and rapid onset peculiar to cholera and it has this to differentiate it from all other remedies. The 
vomiting and purging and evacuations are thick, albuminous, lumpy instead of thin and watery.”  
Jatr. corresponds more to the earlier stage than to the collapse stage of cholera. Predominant cramps, gripping 
cutting pains, sensation as if balls were rolling together in abdomen. Violent cramps that draw the muscles of 
calf flat. The patient writhes about in bed with pain. 
Sudden desire for stool and constant noise of liquids in abdomen, especially left side. Marked and peculiar 
gurgling, like water. Much noise in the abdomen as if a bottle was being emptied,  followed later by a thin 
stool or by profuse gushing stools. Rice water stools. 
Vomiting, easy, albuminous. Hiccough followed by copious vomiting. Unquench able thirst. Food poisoning. 
Icy coldness of the whole body, especially lower limbs.

## Modalities (Aggravations / Ameliorations)
Better by placing hands in cold water. Worse summer, walking in open air, morning, pressure, 
 
 
touch, covering. Patient seeks to cool himself by throwing off covers and lying on ground. Headaches are 
worse in a room.

## Symptoms by System

### Mind
- Apathy.
- Indifference to pain.
- Anxiety and anguish, with burning in stomach and  
coldness of body.
- Apathy.
- Indifference to pain.
- Anxiety and anguish, with burning in stomach and  
coldness of body.

### Vertigo
- Giddiness, followed by unconsciousness and delirium.
- COMMENTS - Diarrhea associated with coldness, mottled blue surface, cold s weat.
- Sudden desire for stool.
- Diarrhea accompanied by copious and easy vomiting of watery, albumin ous, ropy liquid.
- Water is almost 
immediately vomited.
- Cholera.
- Suddenly occurring summer diarrhea.
- Mouth dry, itching between toes, at night.
- Profuse, wate ry diarrhea after midnight.
- In the morning, stools, 
headache, are worse.
- Metallic bloody taste, much spitting of saliva.
- Farrington noted that it is useful in cases 
of suppressed measles.

### Head
- Heat and heaviness of the head.
- Heat in head, face and ears.
- Stupefaction with yawning and nausea.
- Headache with nausea and vomiting.
- Violentpressing pain in the temples, ceasing in open air and re - appeari 
ng when entering aroom.
- Stiffness of muscles on forehead and neck.
- Heat and heaviness of the head.
- Heat in head, face and ears.
- Stupefaction with yawning and nausea.
- Headache with nausea and vomiting.
- Violentpressing pain in the temples, ceasing in open air and re - appeari 
ng when entering aroom.
- Stiffness of muscles on forehead and neck.

### Eyes
- Itching and smarting of margins of lids.
- Twitching of left upper lid.
- Bright and dark spots before eyes.
- Black points before eyes.

### Ears
- Burning hot ears with heat in the back part of the head.

### Face
- Hot face and head, chilliness in the back.
- Pale face with blue margins around the eyes.
- Painful cracked 
lips.

### Mouth
- Metallic, bloody taste with much spitting of saliva.
- Increased accumula tion of thin saliva.
- L ong 
continued pain and burning of the tongue.
- Numbness of tongue with heat and dryness of mouth.
- Mouth feels 
as if scalded.
- Nose - Ulcers in the nose and mouth.
- Itching of the nose while eating.

### Throat
- Burning in the mouth and throat, followed by dryness.
- Spasmodic constric tion in throat, ascending 
from stomach.

### Chest
- Constriction in chest with anxiety, preventing sleep.
- Violent aching pain in left clavicle.
- Sticking from 
above downwards, deep in chest behind sternum.
- Pain in region of left third rib inside the nipple.
- Feeling of sinking and nausea in the precordial region, followed by soft stool.
- Violent palpitation, 
shaking the chest, when moving slowly about the room.
- Pulse is irregular, small thready and intermittent, 
greatly slowed.
- Almost pulseless.
- Kidneys - Violent urging to urinate.
- Urine pale yellow, frothy.
- Painful pressure right side of larynx at night, waking him, not worse by touch.
- Respiration quick, 
panting, difficult.
- Short, hacking, persistent cough.
- Hollow cough.

### Stomach & Abdomen
- Heat and burning in stomach with crampy, constrictive pain in the epigastrium.
- Food poisoning.
- Belchings of air.
- Hiccough, followed by copious vomiting.
- Very easy vomiting, of a large mass of dark green 
bile, with acrid feel ing from throat.
- Nausea and vom iting, brought on by drinking water.
- Vomiting during 
pregnancy.
- Temperature - Chilliness and clammy perspiration.
- Coldness of the whole body, mottled blue.
- Chilliness in 
the back, cold hands, blue nails, with heat in the mouth, throat, face and head.
- Abdomen swollen and sore to touch.
- Tympanites.
- Pain in hypochondria, deep in abdomen, behind 
the navel.
- Grip ing, sticking, in abdomen.
- Lancinating, stinging pain with the colic.
- Colic with rumbling in 
abdomen, better walking in open air .
- Distended with gurgling noises.
- Much noise in abdomen, as if a full 
bottle was emptied, followed by thin stool.
- Noise like the gurgling of water  during the fe cal discharge.
- Sensation as if balls were rolling together in abdomen.
- Great thirst.
- Violent, unquenchable thirst, not satisfied by drinking water.
- Dreads to drink on account of 
nausea.
- Food poisoning.

### Urinary & Genital
- Aching in genital as after excessive sexual intercourse.
- Drawing in genitals, extending along inner side 
right thigh to navel.
- Vomiting during pregnancy.

### Extremities
- Muscles of limbs contracted by violent spasms.
- Pain in the limbs and joints.
- Cramps in muscles, 
especially calves, legs and feet.
- Pain in ankles, feet and toes.
- Heels sensitive.
- Liver - Pain in region of liver and under right scapula to shoulder.

### Neck & Back
- Stiffness of muscles of nape of neck and forehead.
- Bruised feeling muscles of back and chest.
- Stiffness 
in lumbar region.

### Skin
- Pimples on wrist, back of hand, cheek, back of neck, bend of right thigh.
- Itching and slightest tension 
around mouth.
- Itch ing between fingers in palms, between toes in bed at night, first worse th en better by 
rubbing.

### Sleep
- Excessive drowsiness.
- Restlessness at night on account of rush of thought and palpitations.
- Attacks 
of anxiety at night, 
not permitting sleep.