ALSTONIA SCHOLARIS
Malarial diseases, with diarrhśa, dysentery, anćmia, feeble digestion, are the general conditions suggesting this remedy. Characteristics are the gone sensation in stomach and sinking in abdomen, with debility. A tonic after exhausting fevers.
Abdomen.--Violent purging and cramp in bowels. Heat and irritation in lower bowels. Camp diarrhśa, bloody stool, dysentery; diarrhśa from bad water and malaria. Painless watery stools (Phosph ac). Diarrhśa immediately after eating.
Relationship.--Compare: Similar in action to Alstonia constricta, the bitter bark or native quinine of Australia. Ditain (active principle, is anti-periodic, like quinine, but without unpleasant effects). Cinchona (similar in diarrhśa, chronic dyspepsia and debility). Hydrastis; Fer cit et chin.
Dose.--Tincture to third potency. Locally, for ulcers and rheumatic pains.