Hering's Materia Medica: Acal.

 Acalypha Indica Linn. Euphorbiaceæ.

     A weed common in the East Indies, like nettle. Proved and applied by Tonnere, of Calcutta, and Payne, of Bath. Holcombe's cure.

   

MIND. [1] [Acal.]Gloomy and despairing, but very unwilling to die. θ Hæmoptysis.
Leucorrhœa, sometimes thick, sometimes watery. θ Consumptive patient.   

COUGH. [27] [Acal.]Cough, with bloody expectoration. θ Tuberculosis.
Violent dry cough, followed by bloody expectoration.Hæmoptysis.Hæmoptysis : expectorates pure blood in morning, dark lumps (clotted) in evening. Cough most violent at night. θ Tubercular deposits in apex of lung.
   

INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28] [Acal.]Dulness in chest on percussion. θ Hæmoptysis.
Constant and severe pain in chest. θ Hæmoptysis.   

HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29] [Acal.]Pulse small and depressed.
Pulse from 100 to 120. θ Hæmoptysis.   

TIME. [38] [Acal.]Night : cough most violent.
Morning : expectorates pure blood.
Evening : expectorates dark clotted blood.
   

FEVER. [40] [Acal.]Slow fever.
   

TISSUES. [44] [Acal.]Progressive emaciation. θ Hæmoptysis.   

RELATIONS. [48] [Acal.]Collaterally related to all Euphorbiaceæ ; especially to Mercurialis annua and Mancin.

MIND. [1] [Acal.]Gloomy and despairing, but very unwilling to die. θ Hæmoptysis.
Leucorrhœa, sometimes thick, sometimes watery. θ Consumptive patient.   

COUGH. [27] [Acal.]Cough, with bloody expectoration. θ Tuberculosis.
Violent dry cough, followed by bloody expectoration.Hæmoptysis.   

INNER CHEST AND LUNGS. [28] [Acal.]Dulness in chest on percussion. θ Hæmoptysis.
Constant and severe pain in chest. θ Hæmoptysis.   

HEART, PULSE AND CIRCULATION. [29] [Acal.]Pulse from 100 to 120. θ Hæmoptysis.   

TISSUES. [44] [Acal.]Progressive emaciation. θ Hæmoptysis.