OSTRYA VIRGINICA, VIRGINIANA, Iron wood.

REMEDY OF THE DAY: OSTRYA VIRGINICA Iron wood, Hop-hornbeam, Lever-wood, tincture made of heart of the tree evaporated to a power and triturated Burt W.H. Physiological Materia Medica: Has three special centers of action: 1. Cerebro-spinal system Intermitten and Bilious fever. 2. Stomach and Small intestine Congestion, secretions, atony. 3. Liver and spleen congestion hypertrophy, anemic. It is a cerebro spinal remedy of great value in the treatment of intermittents, stands second after sulphate of quinine In sporadic and endemic intermittents, will cure absolutely every case, but in epidemic malarial intermittents will fail in the majority of the cases. Resembles China in its action and cases suppressed by China Clinical: Headache, dull, head numb, intermittent fever, affections of liver, lumbago, malaria, malarial anemia. Alle put in italics "Tongue coated yellow at root" "Loss of appetite for breakfast and dinner. "Frequent nausea with the dull frontal headache", or in the other hand there is increased appetite, hunger makes the patient eat at 4 am. and sinking at epigastrium. black stools, agg. 6am, 4am, 3pm. Antidoted by Bryonia and Nux. Anemia from malaria, jauundice, rumbling in intestines. restlessness at night, Beatriz H Hill!